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Microsoft Apologizes for Racially Charged Image

Posted August 26, 2009 by Global Grind Staff for Global Grind Staff

<p>Microsoft apologized Wednesday after a Polish version of the company's ad had a black man's head replaced with the head of a white man. News of the image alteration in the picture was making the rounds on forums last night. Microsoft pulled the picture today from the Web site hosting the image.</p><p>The edit of the Microsoft ad for its Polish division was crude. The U.S. ad depicted three people at a conference table: an Asian man, a black man, and a white woman. When localizing the marketing image for Poland, Microsoft replaced the black man's with that of a white man.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>


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