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Vattel

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43. I will be in SF for a few glorious days in April.

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 08:35 AM

Mar 2015

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

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White guys win again. Was this college catalog cover a loser? [View all] KamaAina Mar 2015 OP

Looks like real life only they forgot to show that the 2 winners started the race a quarter way bravenak Mar 2015 #1

even the woman in heels beats the black man. Seriously. God. I am so glad my roguevalley Mar 2015 #11

I'm glad y'all made it out too. bravenak Mar 2015 #14

sometimes you have to go, bravenak. Hugs, honey. roguevalley Mar 2015 #18

Hugs. bravenak Mar 2015 #19

Beat me to it! Starry Messenger Mar 2015 #21

Lol! So true!! bravenak Mar 2015 #22

It's almost unbelievable that it isn't satire. Cal Carpenter Mar 2015 #24

Women of color don't exist!!! bravenak Mar 2015 #25

I think you are wrong... yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #31

I forgot that we exist for sexual fantasies. bravenak Mar 2015 #32

This was in the downtown Financial district, and yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #51

There are a lot of guys who love Asian females woolldog Mar 2015 #38

The Area I was in was the downtown Financial Distrist yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #49

I know. woolldog Mar 2015 #57

Did you yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #60

.... woolldog Mar 2015 #63

I bought Henry Chung's Hunan cookbook hifiguy Mar 2015 #64

Love Asian females? Or, the American (white male) Asian female myth? n/t 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #74

I will be in SF for a few glorious days in April. Vattel Mar 2015 #43

I know where City Lights bookstore i s yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #50

I love that walk up Grant from Union Square and then around the corner and down Columbus. Vattel Mar 2015 #67

I just head into Chinatown... yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #69

Try 2/3 the way to the finish line, on a motorcycle. NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #52

Doh, they pulled it and have a new cover for Spring 2015: NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #2

Scan all 20 pages of the "revised" catalogue and tell me what stands out to you. Anansi1171 Mar 2015 #4

First, no changes from the original, mostly white and Asian, male and female are balanced. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #7

Check out the UNG Professional and Continuing Education Team. aikoaiko Mar 2015 #8

Well they got the black guy off the cover...so now rgbecker Mar 2015 #59

A certification program as a wedding planner is only $1295! lumberjack_jeff Mar 2015 #65

You can also learn to use the internet and they help you set up a GMAIL account. bravenak Mar 2015 #66

That cover is so laughable. brush Mar 2015 #16

Black guy = Blue collar. White guys = White collars. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #17

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #29

They seem to be trying. alphafemale Mar 2015 #42

I agree. I hope they realize that the design is probably a result of conditioning. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #48

But, by golly, the old Internet Archive has the old original cover. LOL! NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #3

Notice how the only black woman in the whole document is in a bathing suit? KitSileya Mar 2015 #36

Ha, wow whatchamacallit Mar 2015 #5

HAHA! Read post #6, right after yours. lol! nt kelly1mm Mar 2015 #26

Fail Oneironaut Mar 2015 #6

It's a catalog. Who cares??? virgogal Mar 2015 #9

We all should care. woolldog Mar 2015 #39

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This message was self-deleted by its author Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #13

Yet another reason to not wear heels mythology Mar 2015 #15

This comment is for Bigwillq... TeeYiYi Mar 2015 #23

OMG SUPER FAIL!!! daredtowork Mar 2015 #12

That can't be real!... TeeYiYi Mar 2015 #20

omg Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #27

WTF, indeed!!!!! I agree with the whole "parody" take on it--it sure looks like one! MADem Mar 2015 #28

The white guy that comes in second is literally STROLLING across the finish line Number23 Mar 2015 #35

They are idiots Kalidurga Mar 2015 #30

To me, it looks like the black guy had just been shot in the back. Ken Burch Mar 2015 #33

That looks like it could have come from National Lampoon Tom Ripley Mar 2015 #34

It's a stock photo mindfulNJ Mar 2015 #37

This is even more embarassing. romanic Mar 2015 #46

The short answer is no. The legal requirements for using someone's likeness Calista241 Mar 2015 #56

Second white guy is just strolling through the finish line with no effort. JaneyVee Mar 2015 #40

The white guys don't realize they'll be leaving college mired in debt, Vinca Mar 2015 #41

God save us from university administrators like the one who approved this. Vattel Mar 2015 #44

LMAO romanic Mar 2015 #45

Well Univ of North Georgia IS considered the Harvard .... Of North Georgia underpants Mar 2015 #53

Unbelievable. nt cwydro Mar 2015 #47

What would be acceptable? Township75 Mar 2015 #54

an emphasis on education instead of success. Agony Mar 2015 #55

Where are the Native Americans? cloudywing Mar 2015 #62

A cover romanic Mar 2015 #71

Familiar with that school and the yaboos that go there. Not at all surprising. Hoyt Mar 2015 #58

This is more the norm than the exception. Arugula Latte Mar 2015 #61

Not always :) mindfulNJ Mar 2015 #70

It's not THAT deep. romanic Mar 2015 #72

Right, but in advertising traditionally there have been many Arugula Latte Mar 2015 #73

? irisblue Mar 2015 #68