to the finish line. The guy in front probably tripped her twice on the way and made sure to knock the black guy down.

great grandparents left the south in 1868. Thank you, Robert Alonzo and Eliza Davis Humes Paxton. More reasons you two are my heroes. My mother, your granddaughter in the first.

Took my daddy till the seventies but we made it all the same.

They should make it the cover to college textbooks on US government and econ.

Look how happy she is just to be allowed to run the race in high heels. Those guys sure are nice.

Stuff like this keeps the internet in business. I laughed as soon as I saw it and thought it was a comedy cover.

The other day I was walking on this one street in San Francisco, and walked by a Porn shop that seemed to sell videos and dvds. The window advertisements showed all ASIAN models in skimpy clothing, and provocative poses...I Couldn't believe my eyes... I GUESS who ever the owner is, thinks we are all "sluts" and "porn superstars" cause there were only Asian women in the display.

Geesh, I am all for equal opportunity employment, but come on!!

I've seen stuff like that before. The exotic (submissive) fantasy. They could have at least mixed it up a bit! Kinda creepy and I guess you know what the owner thinks about.

quite far from Chinatown and Japantown. Yes, I am sure they have all KINDS OF PORN there, I didn't go in, and I have been by other porn shops, I just don't remember seeing one like this, that had ALL Asian women in the window. It was kind of creepy. I remember thinking, I best move along, and not linger!

Plus San Francisco as you probably know is a city with one of the highest concentration of Asians in the country. That might have something to do with it.

I don't thin that it's that people think Asian females are sluts.

In San Francisco, though the city might have a lot of Asians, this is where the big guys go to work. Men in suits and ties, and looking like they can throw around a thousand dollars for lunch.

I used to live and work there.

wear a suit and tie, and throw around a 1000 dollars for lunch?

35 years ago. I've cooked some of those delish dishes so many times I couldn't begin to count.

I will avoid the porn shops but not espresso in Northbeach and that bar next to City Lights Books (something like Vesuvius)?

but not the Name of the espresso place. Its probably along Columbus Avenue..which is where little Italy meets Chinatown!

I love walking the streets there!!

If you would.

Nobody that looks particularly Hispanic or Middle Eastern though a couple of individuals might be.

I see men and women depicted pretty fairly except for that cover.

I have friends up there, but this is going to sting them for a while.

http://ung.edu/continuing-education/faculty-staff-bio/index.php

Probably the marketing specialist will be fired for the cover.

There doesn't seem to be one African-American male pictured in the entire catalog.

Georgia: 62.5% White, 31.4% Black. (The World Almanac 2015).

Where do I sign?

Only 500 bucks or so.

I mean the black guy is dead last even behind a woman in heels.

Let's see . . . winning sprinters are usually black guys from Jamaica or the US as far as I can remember.

I'm an ex-magazine art director and I know how these illustration concepts are arrived at. It usually starts with a meeting between the editor, the art director and the writer. Different ideas are discussed until one is decided upon. So the position of the different "runners" in the piece would have been decided in that meeting — meaning that having the black guy dead last was important reinforcement of preferred racial pecking order.

The idea is then sent to the illustrator who will have his/her own ideas but if the editor wants a specific concept drawn, that is what becomes the cover.

That seems to be the case here.

Racism marches on.

Black guy looks out of breath, suffering from cramps.

Woman falls somewhere in between, and she is smiling about it.

They seem to be listening.

People stop listening when you start shouting.

They just need some better ummm guidance.

It's highly unlikely than anyone consciously planned it to be the way it played out.

Not to restart the SI flame wars, but that's pretty icky.

And the women portrayed running, or at the starting line has 4 inch heels - it's the only thing they sorta got right - women have to run the race hobbled by what society expects (her to wear).

No possibility this was unintentional.

Probably not intentional, but none the less, a total fail.

Things like this cover subtly enforce racial and gender hierarchies and have an effect on those who view them. They reflect racism and more perniciously make us all a little more racist and sexist...precisely because the cover of a catalog seems so harmless

...Did you just show your ass?

I hope there is a lawsuit in that. Please let there be a lawsuit in that.

It has to be the Onion. So disgusting. Is this 2015 or 1915?

I hope some people are making some phone calls to UNG... Geezus!

TYY

The fact that it isn't is ... well, horrible--but comedy gold if DAILY SHOW, NIGHTLY SHOW, LAST WEEK or REAL TIME get a hold of it!

the magnitude of idiocracy is off the scale. It's so stunningly idiotic I have no idea what else to say about this.

Maybe he was leading the race 'til the bullet hit him.

I mean a University using a stock picture, they couldn't find students to volunteer for a picture? That's pathetic.

Are high. They'd have to maintain the students consent and photo release documents indefinitely, and the students can change their minds on a whim. They also have to get permission. Each time the photo is used in a new medium. Professional models are paid and an agency usually has the models power of attorney, and will keep all of their personal details and make sure they get paid.

This is why political campaigns will always use stock photos.

Obviously these 'winners' had a huge head start.

happy to accept barista positions. If they did, they wouldn't be portrayed as superior to the white woman (coffee shop owner) and black man (coffee shop manager).

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I'm sorry I too thought this was a parody from the Onion or something. lol But yeah I think a better cover would have been all four crossing the finish line together. A stupid mistake on part of the university, especially with race relations so strained nowadays in American society.

Take THAT Dalton State!!!

Would it be OK for the white woman to be in the lead with a black man and a white man in last?

Would it be OK for the black man to be in the lead but with the woman in last? What if both white men were in last? And why is it better for white woman to be in the lead instead of a black man or vice versa? What should have been on the cover?

I find it offensive First Nation peoples are not on the cover.

that wasn't stolen off a stock images site from the internet. :/

A lot of it is more subtle, like this ad, where the white boy is front and center, and the two girls (one black) defer to him.

There will always be white bosses and CEOS, nothing wrong with that. What we need are more bosses and CEOS from other races to be on par with their white counterparts. That is TRUE equality.

subtle and not-so-subtle depictions of people in groups where white males are in the place of power being deferred to by women and non-whites.