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1. adithyassekhar · 1790087047 · focus · HN ↗

   They went the opposite way from what I assumed from the headline. Also they clearly thought that girl wasn’t slim enough.

   1. sakex · 1790087664 · focus · HN ↗

      What do you mean? It's exactly what I assumed

      1. DaSHacka · 1790089075 · focus · HN ↗

         Yeah honestly anyone familiar with marketing and communications departments (and especially those in higher-ed) is used to this sort of chicanery.

         This particular instance is somewhat notable in just how egregious it is, but they pick-and-choose students based solely on ethnicity for photoshoots all the time.

         1. baud147258 · 1790090680 · focus · HN ↗

            Hey, at least they used pictures from actual students. I remember looking at promotional material from the higher-ed place I attended and I think I spotted one picture of a familiar classroom with someone I knew, with all the other pictures being of total strangers in rooms that I had never seen. As the school was rather small, I was surprised that it was the case, until I suspected the communication department, unsatisfied with what pictures they had, reached for stock photos.
         2. LoganDark · 1790090714 · focus · HN ↗

            I think if they did that, it would be a lot less of an issue. Here they took a genuine photo and made it fake. It's not representative at all, and it stinks of tokenism which I hate.
   2. LoganDark · 1790088445 · focus · HN ↗

      Still just as bad IMO. Whitewashing and blackwashing are both racism.
   3. zbrozek · 1790088870 · focus · HN ↗

      It looks more like the image on the right is of a banner and isn't flat.

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