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Microsoft Poland Photoshops Black Guy To White One
wanted writes "If you look at Microsoft's Poland business solutions Web site, you will probably not notice anything odd about the main picture. However, when you compare it with the original English version, you can see that someone decided that showing black people in Poland is probably not going to be convincing to business. They just Photoshopped the head of a white guy in for the black one, in an amateurish way, leaving his hand unchanged. (Here's a mirror in case something should happen to the original.)" We noted a few months back that the city of Toronto had done something similar.
is the white macbook in the picture......
I find this very rude and discriminatory. How do we know this guy wasn't Gimped?
Rule 34?
My ism, it's full of beliefs.
My favorite from Microsoft was for Visual C++ Express Edition. They used to have a couple of 17-18 year old Asian girls smiling and pointing at a computer screen as the headline picture for Express Edition's website. Who smiles and laughs at code with a friend anyway? Not hot Asian chicks.
WHO NEEDS SHIFT WHEN YOU HAVE CAPSLOCK/ DAMN1
Microsoft Poland doesn't like black people.
The racism flag seems to get trotted out a little too often these days.
Come on. Everyone known those stupid polacks are dirty racists :o)
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I can't remember the man's name right now, but one American pilot was finally freed some years back, and living in Chicago. I read an interview that he did with someone, but can't even remember who interviewed him.
+5 Informative.
Squirrel!
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A woman complemented me on my amazing Japanese
Thats nothing. An American complimented me on my English after I told her I was from Australia. Toughen up!