Microsoft: Edits Black Man Out of Polish Ad Copy

[The Larch]

Heh, that reminds me of an opposite case, in which some American university from a pasty white state had to add digitally black and minority students to its brochures because they wanted to show more diversity or something. 

And that's some crude photoshopping in that picture.

[Syt]

Semi on topic:

[Grey Fox]

They seem to have changed it because I see the same picture twice.

[Martinus]

They seem to have changed it because I see the same picture twice.

Yes, they did. They also issued an apology.

[Martinus]

2) Why didn't they racistically edit out the yellow guy as well?

I can only guess that it is because Asians are a common sight in the corporate environment in Poland, because we had a lot of South Korean and Japanese investments here over the last 20 years, not to mention lots of Vietnamese and other South East Asian immigrants.

On the other hand, Western companies rarely if ever send black people to hold managerial positions in Poland, so you do not really see that many black people here, and the ones we have are students. In fact, coming to think of it, I don't recall ever seeing an older black person in Poland.

[DontSayBanana]

Wow. That's why you should never let YTMND-creators do your photoshopping work.

[KRonn]

I guess I don't find it a big deal. I assume the same ad run in Asian countries ads would have few if any whites or blacks, probably depending on the mix of people in a particular country. But looks like Microsoft changed the ad back,  made the two of them the same. Besides, that white guy edited in didn't look very Polish.   

[Josquius]

I wonder what the guy maintaining the website thought for the last few days.  "Yes, I knew it, I knew it was only a matter of time before people realized the importance of optimizing their business productivity infrastructure.  I finally made it big, just look at those site hits."

I've been wondering about that too...If Microsoft wasn't such a serious company you could almost imagine such stuff being done for free publicity

[Sahib]

Besides, that white guy edited in didn't look very Polish.   

What do you think Polish look like? 

[KRonn]

Besides, that white guy edited in didn't look very Polish.   

What do you think Polish look like? 

Lol...   

[DGuller]

Besides, that white guy edited in didn't look very Polish.   

What do you think Polish look like? 

Like Slavs?

[Barrister]

Besides, that white guy edited in didn't look very Polish.   

What do you think Polish look like? 

I don't quite know how to answer that other than saying when I met Martinus he looked very, very Polish.

[DGuller]

I don't quite know how to answer that other than saying when I met Martinus he looked very, very Polish.

Did he have a plunger in his hand?

[Berkut]

I don't quite know how to answer that other than saying when I met Martinus he looked very, very Polish.

Did he have a plunger in his hand?

That was a plunger?

Explains a lot.

[Syt]

I don't quite know how to answer that other than saying when I met Martinus he looked very, very Polish.

Of all the people on this forum I expected you the least to resort to ad hom attacks.