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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (3157)	1/8/2010 5:10:26 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Respond to of 23934

From "Seattle Business" magazine: Dept. of Facepalm: Costco and Microsoft discover the postracial society hasn't arrived yet Costco's progressive employment policies may make it the darling of liberals, but even the mega-retailer of all things mega makes mistakes, and when it does, it's a doozy. The Kirkland-based company stopped selling a children's doll when it got complaints from its East Coast stores. Apparently, customers weren't happy to see African-American and Hispanic dolls wearing a headband that said "Lil Monkey," even if the dolls were sitting next to a banana and a small monkey. At least the firm didn't put out "Lil Jihadi" dolls in Arab garb. Microsoft earned an even bigger "What Were They Thinking" award when the geniuses in marketing decided to localize an illustration for the Polish market. The English version of the page shows an Asian man, a black man and a white woman sitting in what appears to be a conference room. The Polish-language version uses the same photo, but the black man's head had been Photoshopped out and replaced with the head of a white man. We admit there probably aren't all that many black people in Poland, but we bet there are even fewer white guys with black hands.