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Software giant Microsoft found itself at the end of a racism row forcing it to tender an apology. The software leader apparently altered a photo in a company advertisement on its website to change the race of one of the people shown in the picture.
A photo on the company's US website showed two men, one Asian and one black, and a white woman seated at a conference room table. However, on the website of Microsoft's Polish business unit, the black man's head was replaced with that of a white man. The colour of his hand remained unchanged.
The photo editing sparked massive criticism online. Issuing an apology Microsoft spokesperson Lou Gellos said, "We apologise and are in the process of pulling down the image."
Some bloggers said Poland's ethnic homogeneity may have played a role in changing the photo.
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