Is Microsoft Racist?

[Xojins]

This isn't racism. This is demographics. Pick up Ebony Magazine and tell me how many advertisements feature white people, or asian people, or canadians... How many advertisements in 'Cosmo' feature men?

Good point.

It's not racism, it's just unfeasible stupidity.

 

[Shoto Koto]

Whoever photoshopped that was terrible at it. For that reason, I'm not sure I entirely trust this.

 

[Del-Toro]

There are alot of people who work for Microsoft, there are bound to be a few actual racists in there. Of course if they work for Microsoft odds are they are smart enough to keep it to themselves.

 

[Snotnarok]

Is Microsoft racist? There could be one or two racists in the company, heck 50+ but I dunno if you could say every member is a racist that'd be stretching it.

 

[Bored Tomatoe]

It was just a joke... way to overreact.

 

[The Rockerfly]

This is completely bull, the guys hand is the same colour on both pictures
I have serious doubts on this

 

[XJ-0461]

I don't think Microsoft are racist, but that is an awful photoshop job.

 

[Susan Arendt]

This isn't racism. This is demographics. Pick up Ebony Magazine and tell me how many advertisements feature white people, or asian people, or canadians... How many advertisements in 'Cosmo' feature men?

You try to make your advertisements reflect the culture of the people you are advertising to. Poland isn't exactly known for it's high black population. So they took an image and did a crap job removing a black person and swapping it with a white person rather than create another advertisement at a higher cost.

Now if every MS advertisement had <insert race / gender> removed, then yes, that would be racist.

Bingo. That said, this is awfully sloppy to be official. I mean, we've had far better work submitted to our Photoshop contests.

 

[PirateKing]

Both of those pictures look kinda photoshopped to me.
I don't know if it's racist It's just weird. Apparently it was someone in Poland who did the switch.

 

[Dancingman]

Probably just a really dumb PR move where everyone overreacts to a crappy Photoshop.

 

[breadlord]

It looks too unprofessional to be microsoft.

I wouldn't be too suprised if a third party did in fact do this.

Well since Microsoft is based in india where the minimum wage is like, 25 cents, it seems right for Microsoft to be in that shape, of poor photoshop.

I can also tell from seeing all the pixels in my time.

 

[skcseth]

Both versions of the pic look shopped to be honest. Definitely have to call shenanigans on this one.

 

[Sparrow]

Well even if they did that doesn't make the company in it's entirety, racist. Just the morons who made that advert.

I see I got ninja'd about half a dozen times, damn I am slow today.

Or maybe the marketing department for Microsoft in Europe is retarded.

That wouldn't surprise me.

It would suprise me more that the American side are smarter.

 

[WrongSprite]

Nobody else noticed the guy on the right is Chinese?

Anyways, there could be a million reasons for the 'shop, the media has just leapt on it because they happen to be different colours.

 

[Jurassic Rob]

Well, it's a bit racist I suppose, but it's not like they're wearing armbands and marching to the capital

 

[0p3rati0n]

If Microsoft is racist only more of the reason why Mac is better

 

[_Cake_]

I bet the Canadian version has an asian face pasted top

 

[cordeos]

they wanted to save money and only take one photo

 

[Raziel5150]

Damn Polish people...

 

[ffxfriek]

no microsoft isnt racist. here where i live ALL commercials make white people look like a bunch of dumbasses that are pants on head retarted. and i got a question for you OP: isnt EVERYTHING technically racist?