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Racist Microsoft
Topic Started: Aug 26 2009, 01:51 PM (904 Views)
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Software giant Microsoft has apologised for editing a photo to change a black man's head to that of a white man.

The picture, showing employees sitting around a desk, appeared unaltered on the firm's US website.

But on the website of its Polish business unit the black man's head was replaced with a white face, although the colour of his hands was unchanged.

Microsoft said it had pulled the image and would be investigating who made the changes. It apologised for the gaffe.

The altered image, which also featured an Asian man and a white woman, was quickly circulated online.

Bloggers have had a field day with the story, with some suggesting Microsoft was attempting to please all markets by having a man with both a white face and a black hand.

"The white head and black hand actually symbolise interracial harmony. It is supposed to show that a person can be white and black, old and young at the same time," said one blogger on the Photoshop Disasters blog.

Others have suggested the ethnic mix of the Polish population may have played a part in the decision to change the photo.


Oh dear Microsoft :roneu:

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Oh for fuck sake. So sick of all this political correctness business. So he's white, big deal. People need to get out some more

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Do you even understand the story? :| The Polish replaced a black man with a white one :lol:
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I agree with Kev. Fucking hell. The only reason the original had the black man on it is so that they would appeal to that market. It's pathetic.
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Aug 26 2009, 03:59 PM
Do you even understand the story? :| The Polish replaced a black man with a white one :lol:
As Lee said, trying to appeal to different people. Some people need to get a life

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It's funny to see an interracial dating ad appear under this :lol:

That is racist though, you've got admit yourself - why take off a black man's head and replace it with a white guy's for no apparent reason? It's not a question of "having a life" or whatever Kev, it's a question of respect.
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I agree with Ligue..

replacing a black person with a white person is racist..
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It's racist yes, but people go up in arms about the tiniest detail


IT'S A FUCKING PICTURE, GET OVER IT
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racist, probably. Who gives a crap. It's an advertisment. Microsoft can do whatever the hell they want.
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I'm on Lee and Kev's side. Ok perhaps it's racist but it's more just a marketing thing, they need to appeal to the Polish demographic. TGL says it best
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Its like the carry on with the Whiteboards and Blackborads and Ba Ba Black Sheep.

BTW Is it just me or is the Chinese dude alot darker in the polish advert? :|

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It's racist yes, but people go up in arms about the tiniest detail


IT'S A FUCKING PICTURE, GET OVER IT
It's not like we're going to have march over it, I'm just stating the obvious.
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The girl looks darker too..
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