Microsoft apologizes for changing race in photo

[RCprince]

Story Here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32565736/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/

Picture Here:

http://photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com/2009/08/microsoft-poland-at-least-they-left.html

lol

[domwilson]

Is this kind of stuff ever going to end?

[RCprince]

Nope, not in our life time.

[Flying Scotsman]

Micrsoft, you are racist, end of question with that type of advertising and Seattle has a large black community

Douggie

[RCprince]

I think the Polish were responsible. You can't micro manage everyone, you can only play Monday morning quarterback.

[wirenut67]

So is it any less racist to replace a black man with a white man, than it is to exclude white men from the photo all together?

Some could consider the original photo, with the black man, as racist against white men. But see it never works that way does it?

I have yet to see the white equivalent to the naacp. If it were to exist, it would be called racist...etc....etc.

What do you think would happen if a white person applied to the united negro college fund?

I am about sick and tired of the double standard, and all this ridiculous racist whining.

Men are men, and should act like it.

[Steven Vaccaro]

Let me ask you this, is it wrong for a company to target certain groups with certain styles of people in their advertising? Would a Asian company be best off using Asians in their ads? Would Viagra use 20 year old guys? Would Budweiser have 80 year old guys partying with 80 year old women at bars in their commercials? Reason I ask is that I recently advertised on a Spanish tv station, my ad features Spanish girls in the ad. Does this make a racist against white people?

Dont get me wrong, what they did was stupid. Some new guy was probably trying to save some ad dollars, he's now going to be in the unemployment line.

[Flying Scotsman]

Reason I ask is that I recently advertised on a Spanish tv station, my ad features Spanish girls in the ad. Does this make a racist against white people?

Dont get me wrong, what they did was stupid. Some new guy was probably trying to save some ad dollars, he's now going to be in the unemployment line.

You know the answer Steven.... Spainards you could get no more white in their viewpoints. I have a brother and a cousin who were born in Scotland and now choose to live their lives in Spain

Douggie

[RCprince]

Let me ask you this, is it wrong for a company to target certain groups with certain styles of people in their advertising? Would a Asian company be best off using Asians in their ads? Would Viagra use 20 year old guys? Would Budweiser have 80 year old guys partying with 80 year old women at bars in their commercials? Reason I ask is that I recently advertised on a Spanish tv station, my ad features Spanish girls in the ad. Does this make a racist against white people?

Dont get me wrong, what they did was stupid. Some new guy was probably trying to save some ad dollars, he's now going to be in the unemployment line.

They cut the man's head off and left his hands, why not do a new photo for that particular demographics.

[Steven Vaccaro]

You know the answer Steven.... Spainards you could get no more white in their viewpoints. I have a brother and a cousin who were born in Scotland and now choose to live their lives in Spain

Douggie

There was a black girl in there to. Now what? I hope you guys see where I'm going? I would hate to be portrayed as a racist.

I will try to post the video sometime. One of those cheesy cable videos. lol

[Steven Vaccaro]

They cut the man's head off and left his hands, why not do a new photo for that particular demographics.

Probably money.

[domwilson]

Let me ask you this, is it wrong for a company to target certain groups with certain styles of people in their advertising? Would a Asian company be best off using Asians in their ads? Would Viagra use 20 year old guys? Would Budweiser have 80 year old guys partying with 80 year old women at bars in their commercials? Reason I ask is that I recently advertised on a Spanish tv station, my ad features Spanish girls in the ad. Does this make a racist against white people?

Dont get me wrong, what they did was stupid. Some new guy was probably trying to save some ad dollars, he's now going to be in the unemployment line.

I agree. It's called marketing. Microsoft should have just done another photo shoot for that particular demographic.

[Dr. Jet]

So is it any less racist to replace a black man with a white man, than it is to exclude white men from the photo all together?

Some could consider the original photo, with the black man, as racist against white men. But see it never works that way does it?

I have yet to see the white equivalent to the naacp. If it were to exist, it would be called racist...etc....etc.

What do you think would happen if a white person applied to the united negro college fund?

I am about sick and tired of the double standard, and all this ridiculous racist whining.

Men are men, and should act like it.

Bullseye!

[domwilson]

Men are men, and should act like it.

Please tell that to all the bigots. That way all this can stop.

[RCprince]

So is it any less racist to replace a black man with a white man, than it is to exclude white men from the photo all together?

Some could consider the original photo, with the black man, as racist against white men. But see it never works that way does it?

I have yet to see the white equivalent to the naacp. If it were to exist, it would be called racist...etc....etc.

What do you think would happen if a white person applied to the united negro college fund?

I am about sick and tired of the double standard, and all this ridiculous racist whining.

Men are men, and should act like it.

White valedictorian: A first for historically black Morehouse

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/16/white.valedictorian/index.html