Why Did Microsoft Alter a Man's Race in Their Polish Ad?

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Math Is Hard
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/26/microsofts-ad-in-poland-p_n_269366.html

A black man was replaced with a white man in a Microsoft online advertisement intended for use in Poland. An Asian man in the ad apparently made the cut, and appeared in both the Polish and stateside versions of the ad.

I couldn't resist making an animation from the 2 images.

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Now if I could just make the heads morph...
 
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Math Is Hard said:
I couldn't resist making an animation from the 2 images.

Maybe you should have resisted. All that's showing up is the same picture flashing on and off. :-p
 
Lol... cute.
 
Math Is Hard said:
hmm.. It seems to work in my Firefox browser.

That might be the problem; I'm on Safari.
 
The photoshop is so bad too!

MIH's picture looks more natural than the Polish picture.
 
Yes! I love it when they use Canadians in advertising.
 
Pinu7 said:
The photoshop is so bad too!
So funny that they didn't bother to change the hand.

MIH's picture looks more natural than the Polish picture.
That's because I spent more time on mine that the Microsoft artist did. :biggrin:
 
Hah! I didn't even notice the hand. That's wonderful!
 
I don't understand what the big deal is... I thought the point of advertising was to appeal to the area you're advertising in...