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"Earlier today, two screenshots of an ad from one of Microsoft's sites began circling internet forums and blogs: one depicted a conference table with a couple of happy employees: an Asian man, a black man, and a white woman. The other image was from the Polish version of the same site, and it's identical to the first one, except the head of the black man was replaced with a head of a white man. \nInitially I thought it was just someone having some fun in Photoshop trying to take a stab at Microsoft, but it's real, and Microsoft has issued an apology. \"We are looking into the details of this situation. We apologize and are in the process of pulling down the image,\" Microsoft spokesperson Lou Gellos said. See the comparison after the break.\n\n\n\nIs it racist? It's definitely very clumsy. Perhaps one could dismiss it as an attempt at localization; there aren't as many black people in Poland as there are in some other countries where Microsoft operates. However, several details that are at the very least odd have turned this into a PR mini-disaster for Microsoft. \nFirst of all, the hand of the black man was not replaced in the altered photo; yes, it's hard to notice if you don't see the original, but now it adds a layer of creepiness over the image. Secondly, the Asian man was not replaced; is this because there's a significant number of Asians, but not blacks, in Poland? I doubt it. Props to Microsoft for quickly issuing an apology, but now that the word is out, I bet we'll see this image a lot more in funny Photoshop threads in the days to come."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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