Do I hear racism?

A coworker showed me something interesting today: the latest beta from Google, Google Finance, appears to have a slight problem.

In the management section about Symantec from Google Finance, towards the bottom right of the page, the CEO is apparently caucasian.



However, according to Symantec the CEO looks a little darker. In fact, according to my coworker, Mr. Thompson was one of the first black CEOs in the tech industry.


Record linking is hard, but can we tell the difference between 'W' and 'M'?

[To be fair, Google may have inherited this apparently racist behavior from Reuters, which is also confused as to what Mr. Thompson's middle initial is. Or perhaps, Google is suggesting that Mr. Thompson pull a Michael Jackson]