Hey! Where did that Black guy come from?
on March 4th, 2011 at 6:09 pm
Hoping to illustrate its diverse enrollment, the University of Wisconsin at Madison doctored a photograph on a brochure cover by digitally inserting a black student in a crowd of white football fans. The original photograph of white fans was taken in 1993. The additional black student, senior Diallo Shabazz, was taken in 1994. University officials said that they spent the summer looking for pictures that would show the school's diversity -- but had no luck.
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June 2009: This cover of Toronto's summer edition of Fun Guide was digitally altered to be more inclusive, keeping with an editorial policy to reflect diversity. "He superimposed the African-Canadian person onto the family cluster in the original photo," said communications director John Gosgnach. The original image was of a family of indeterminate ethnic background. "When you're publishing something with the deadlines and you don't have the right photo, the objective is to communicate the service," Mr. Sack, director of strategic communications, said.
Hey! Where did that Black guy go?
July 2008: This photo of Britian's Prince William appeared on the pages of The Sun. A person in the back of the boat was digitally removed from this photo (except for their knee). The Metro ran the unaltered photo, as did the on-line version of The Sun.
Images and captions came from this site.
After you have gone through that entire site, you will see why I trust the media like I trust gas prices will go down to a nickel.
