BBC: Microsoft in web photo racism row

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ClaudeLv250 said:

Larad said:
@loy There are very few black people in most non western European countries. There is also a lot of racism toward blacks there. Having a black guy in an ad could have damaging, it makes sense to remove him if the market isn't supportive of it.

Apparently, whiting him out isn't doing Microsoft any favors either judging by the backlash.

The most sensible answer is to take another fucking picture... I don't find the picture offensive at all. I just think it is stupid to alter this. Like, when I worked at a resturaunt we changed from Coke to Pepsi. And all the pictures around the store with coke had to be changed... they photo shopped them all... are they really that cheap where they can't put a damn bottle of pepsi next to a plastic pizza and take a picture? Or have a case full of pepsi on the ground and have someone bending down picking it up?