Microsoft: Edits Black Man Out of Polish Ad Copy

Started by Malthus, August 25, 2009, 05:36:23 PM

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Malthus

#15
August 25, 2009, 06:27:14 PM
Quote from: Martinus on August 25, 2009, 06:17:50 PM
Actually, as funny as the fuck up is, since it flies in the face of their alleged diversity, this is pretty much true. If they were marketing the product in Kenya and replaced the white chick with some black chick, would anyone imply it's racist?

I don't think it's racist so much as funny. The company is just opening itself up for abuse by getting caught photoshopping, when they could have done a polish-specific ad no problem.
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HVC

#16
August 25, 2009, 06:34:01 PM
he still has a black wrist... and a broken neck
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Malthus

#17
August 25, 2009, 06:35:05 PM
Quote from: HVC on August 25, 2009, 06:34:01 PM
he still has a black wrist... and a broken neck

Microsoft: we even have the Zombie market.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Siege

#18
August 25, 2009, 06:41:45 PM
Awesome.



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DGuller

#19
August 25, 2009, 06:41:59 PM
I hope photoshopping software is not part of their business productivity optimization package ().

Martinus

#20
August 25, 2009, 06:42:53 PM
Quote from: Malthus on August 25, 2009, 06:27:14 PM
Quote from: Martinus on August 25, 2009, 06:17:50 PM
Actually, as funny as the fuck up is, since it flies in the face of their alleged diversity, this is pretty much true. If they were marketing the product in Kenya and replaced the white chick with some black chick, would anyone imply it's racist?

I don't think it's racist so much as funny. The company is just opening itself up for abuse by getting caught photoshopping, when they could have done a polish-specific ad no problem.

Yeah, I agree. It's a PR clusterfuck. :D

Viking

#22
August 25, 2009, 07:45:54 PM
The black guy is in both versions when I look at it! The only difference is the polish preference for long words with lots of consonants.. the pic is the same as far as I can tell!
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First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Razgovory

#24
August 25, 2009, 07:55:35 PM
That's terrible photo shopping.
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Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

jimmy olsen

#25
August 25, 2009, 07:58:39 PM
And here it is with the white guy edited in.

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Jet: I see.
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derspiess

#26
August 25, 2009, 07:59:09 PM
That's some Polack caliber photoshopping right there.
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CountDeMoney

#27
August 25, 2009, 10:19:04 PM
Funny as balls.  Dumbass Euros.

DGuller

#28
August 26, 2009, 01:48:15 AM
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."

Viking

#29
August 26, 2009, 03:45:20 AM
1) Why didn't they use a pic of a white guy which has the light coming from the same direction?
2) Why didn't they racistically edit out the yellow guy as well?
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.
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