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Why has Microsoft photoshopped this?

Engadget spotted this earlier today, it appears Microsoft has photo-shopped an image on the Polish version of its Business Productivity site.

If you visit the US business site you will see the image below (top) and if you visit the Polish site you'll see the same picture (bottom) but the man in the middle is no longer black.

Why has Microsoft done this? It's not only rather strange but in a world where racism is a touchy subject and businesses strive towards equality, this kind of behaviour is slightly alarming.

Update: Microsoft has said on Twitter that it is in the process of taking down the image, calling it a "marketing site photo mistake."

Update 2: Microsoft has now fixed the image on the Polish site so it's the same as the US version.

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