Microsoft Edits Black Man Out of Photo, Apologizes

[ccharles000]

(I know it is fox but it is still an interesting story)

On the Web site of Microsoft's Polish business unit, right, a black man's head has been replaced with that of a white man.

LOS ANGELES — Software giant Microsoft Corp. is apologizing for altering a photo on its Web site to change the race of one of the people shown in the picture.

A photo on the Seattle-based company's U.S. Web site shows two men, one Asian and one black, and a white woman seated at a conference room table. But on the Web site of Microsoft's Polish business unit, the black man's head has been replaced with that of a white man. The color of his hand remains unchanged.

The photo editing sparked criticism online. Some bloggers said Poland's ethnic homogeneity may have played a role in changing the photo.

"We are looking into the details of this situation," Microsoft spokesperson Lou Gellos said in a statement Tuesday. "We apologize and are in the process of pulling down the image."


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,542901,00.html?test=latestnews

[ccharles000]

1. kick

[slampoet]

2. I'm also a little offended they think Polish people look like that white guy.

[Deja Q]

3. FOX mistakes R's as D's. Microsoft has a history of being racist...

Another big incident was when, for word clipart, searching "jungle gym" had a very uproarious result...

What bothers me is, if it's about globalization and worldwide talent, why microsoft has to be all white in Poland and multiethnic in America. Gee, not multi-ethnicity in EVERY COUNTRY?

Then again, Microsoft is known for hating piracy in America but promoting it in China: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/23/100134488/
And guess which country has the 90% piracy rate (source: Cnet Asia, 2005, answer is China)

[billyoc]

4. micros~1 apologists blaming this on Poland in 3, 2, 1...

[tjwash]

5. Here's a BBC link instead of faux-spews

Here be from the BBC...

And that had to be the shittiest fucking chop I have ever seen. I completely suck a photo-shop and could have done a better job than that, and they kept the black dudes hands!

[lpbk2713]

6. Standard procedure for mega-corps.

Do whatever the hell you want to do.

Then issue a lame apology when you get caught.

[SoCalDem]

7. C'mon...

digital photo development costs a whole lotta money & takes a long time... you gotta write down your name *& address on that tear off thingie and then drive it to the photo-hut and then you gotta wait for it..

oh wait..

nevermind:)

lazy MS got caught