Erase the Black Face: Microsoft "Sanitizes" its Euro Ad

It seems the anti-Black bias disseminated in the corporate [communications] sphere is virtually never-ending. Take this article featured today @ The Huffington Post bearing the title "Microsoft's Ad In Poland Photoshops Black Man, But Keeps Asian Man, White Woman."

Microsoft's U.S. version of the ad:



Microsoft's Polish version of the ad:

We talk about racism, but it's more complex than that. Yet it's an anti-Black bias, the most pervasive form of Xenophobia, which colors public discourse more than any other ism. It's a cruel, cruel reality.

Read the full HuffPost article here.

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