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Old 08-26-2009, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Krimson X View Post
Maybe that was their reason, but God forbid they show a black guy in a professional environment in Poland.
But that is exactly my point. Maybe there are no black male professionals in Poland. It is a mistake to assume that our cultural norms are worldwide, isn't it? If this was an ad meant for Japan, don't you think it would be more appropriate that all the people in it were Japanese?

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Lets put aside the fact that Microsoft did it. They did a half assed job and failed to photoshop out the black dude's hand. Talk about a serious case of vitiligo.
Well, you can't expect the world's largest software company to be able to afford good advertising folks.
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