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Source: Washington Post
By Peter Holley June 27 at 3:55 PM
When Margaret Sawyer first noticed the Red Cross safety poster at a pool in Salida, Colo., she thought she was looking at an unfortunate relic of the past.
When she saw it a second time at an entirely different pool in the central Colorado town, she was shocked, according to NBC affiliate KUSA.
I saw this one, and I just kept thinking, It looks like theyre trying to do something here that shows all kids together of all different backgrounds, but theyre clearly not hitting the mark, she said.
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The poster titled Be Cool, Follow The Rules depicts various children playing at the pool. But white children are labeled as behaving in a cool way while children of color who are depicted defying pool rules are labeled not cool.
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The Red Cross apologized for the Be Cool posters in a statement that was posted online Monday:
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/06/27/super-racist-pool-safety-poster-prompts-red-cross-apology/
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Good idea but needs redone. They will fix it.
WillowTree
(5,325 posts)This isn't one of those times. What in the WORLD were they thinking??!!!
840high
(17,196 posts)brush
(53,876 posts)This poster had to be conceived by an art director, his/her idea approved by an editor, rendered by an illustrator, and a second ok given the final rendering by the art director and the editor and no one saw anything wrong with it.
A-fu_king-mazing.
This is what happens when there is no diversity in hiring. A person of color anywhere in that chain of approval would have caught the glaring racism in that ill-conceived idea and that poster would have newer gotten near a printer.
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)And there are two kids shown running and not cool.
Granted, the only two cool kids are white. So let's just paint one of the brown, lighten the skin of one of the not cool kids, and we have color equality. Would that work?
Although then the complaint will no doubt arise that there are clearly no Asians, no Native Americans, no diversity of religious groups.
brush
(53,876 posts)I don't get the point of your post. Don't see the obvious bigotry in that poster?
Are you defending that no one in that chain of approval saw the blatant racism?
Why do you thing the Red Cross apologized after it was pointed out to them?
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)showed different shades of skin in an attempt to be inclusive, and managed, probably out of sheer ignorance, to not be thinking when different sorts of behavior were shown.
And while I'm not particularly bothered, by it, since a lot of people are, then it should be changed. However, because it's showing "cool" and "not cool" behavior, someone somewhere is still going to be offended by it. A simple list of what is okay and what isn't would be better. Or, use penguins or puppies to demonstrate what's cool and not cool. Just use generic puppies, not different breeds because if, say a doberman is shown doing something not cool, then the doberman lovers will all get exercised about how their favorite breed is being unfairly maligned.
I'll have to say when I first looked at the poster, and saw the not cool arrow pointed to the kid in the middle of the picture, I thought perhaps this poster was so old that it was depicting a Whites Only swimming pool, then realized that wasn't the case. I still can't tell what that kid is doing wrong.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)in that poster. It's glaring!
840high
(17,196 posts)brush
(53,876 posts)And are you defending an obviously racist poster?
840high
(17,196 posts)glasses on.
brush
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840high
(17,196 posts)I'm plenty smart - I focus on important things - that poster had a mixture of colors. 'nite
mwrguy
(3,245 posts)Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)glennward
(989 posts)ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)No one is concerned it's out of the water and apparently flying.
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)Be careful what you wish for!
reflection
(6,286 posts)while taking in my first cup of coffee. Thanks.
Rex
(65,616 posts)At least the girl on the left is cool for hogging up all the board time. Of course it is not cool to drink pepsi brand product at pool only coca cola brand is cool. Those poor kids are diving into 2 feet of water! Not cool! What is with the splash of water? That stupid whale drank it! Not cool!