You're right. The original black guy's head looks just as Photoshopped. Maybe it was originally a white guy and they put a black guy in to up the ethnic quota then lost the original.
Perhaps there should be automatic software to do this sort of thing, how hard can it be? I would keep clicking the big tits filter personally.
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostI think it's more to do with the fact that the guy was ugly than black.
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I think it's more to do with the fact that the guy was ugly than black.
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It isn't anything to do with dislike of black people d000hg, it is just about having an advert we relate to. Adverts are also oriented to the target social class, age etc. You wouldn't aim Rap CD adverts at pensioners.
It is a perfectly natural human thing to empathise/be with people like yourself, everybody does it, it's why migrants always go to where their compatriots are. It is nothing to do with disliking others.
Of course if it's whites doing what everyone does it must be racist.
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G Parr wrote : Why? If I was marketing in China I would feature Chinese models, Black models for Botswana, etc., They are just trying to click with the locals.
You sell/appeal to the largest target group.
People "see and imagine themselves" when a model of their race / culture / creed is wearing clothing, for example.
They don't imagine a different species, race, colour or whatever wearing the clothes.
I think it's a non-story, that is being used by some to play the race card again, or just have a pop at MS, or both. These people wouldn't see reason anyway, being the brood of Cyberman.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostEditing a photo to remove the black guy is like saying "we're happy to endorse your dislike for black people".
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostWe had similar a few years back with Ford(?). People want ads that are relevant to their own nation/culture. Ugandans would not expect an ad with white people either. Beats me why people are so stupidly sensitive.
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostWe had similar a few years back with Ford(?). People want ads that are relevant to their own nation/culture. Ugandans would not expect an ad with white people either. Beats me why people are so stupidly sensitive.
I normally dislike the whole PC thing, but this seems to be a case where it's deserved.
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostWhy don't we see adverts for skin creme with the women all dressed in burkhas?
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostWe had similar a few years back with Ford(?). People want ads that are relevant to their own nation/culture. Ugandans would not expect an ad with white people either. Beats me why people are so stupidly sensitive.
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Why don't we see adverts for skin creme with the women all dressed in burkhas?
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We had similar a few years back with Ford(?). People want ads that are relevant to their own nation/culture. Ugandans would not expect an ad with white people either. Beats me why people are so stupidly sensitive.
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Originally posted by Not So Wise View PostNone issue, MS tailored it to the market and Poland does not exactly have a large amount of black people
And am I the only one looks at those images and thinks the US version is the doctored one? US one guys head looks like it was put in by an armature using Photoshop
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