Can't even have a picture full of white people these days...

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A French private art college has apologised after one of its promotional images was doctored to include more black students.

The photo of a class trip to an art gallery was posted on a US promotional website for Lyon's Émile-Cohl art school.

Students noticed it was altered to darken the skin of white students, with black students digitally inserted.

The school has apologised, and blamed the doctored image on a US PR company.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45514592

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Amazing.
 
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TBH I don't really see a problem with this as it's marketing and there's massive pressure coming from lefty organisations to do this sort of thing or they'll be slammed as non-inclusive and all kinds of others ism's.

It's just sad that so many groups/people these days can't look at a photo without seperating everyone in it into different groups and then making it into a political issue if there are any discrepancies. Identity politics is toxic imo.
 
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TBH I don't really see a problem with this as it's marketing and there's massive pressure coming from lefty organisations to do this sort of thing or they'll be slammed as non-inclusive and all kinds of others ism's.

It's just sad that so many groups/people these days can't look at a photo without seperating everyone in it into different groups and then making it into a political issue if there are any discrepancies. Identity politics is toxic imo.

I'm pretty sure "lefty organisations" aren't pressuring PR firms to doctor images to make it seem like more BAME people attend than actually do
 
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I'm pretty sure "lefty organisations" aren't pressuring PR firms to doctor images to make it seem like more BAME people attend than actually do

not directly, but there is a general view that it is a problem if a school or organisation is "too white", but apparently not the other way around

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not directly, but there is a general view that it is a problem if a school or organisation is "too white", but apparently not the other way around

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Tut tut dowie, you're not just going off a headline are you...and where did you get that very misleading comparison picture?

That school wasn't marked down for being too white at all, that's just the misleading sensationalist headline.

It had a description in it's OFSTED report of

The large majority of pupils are white British. Very few are from other ethnic groups, and currently no pupils speak English as an additional language.

Which is not unusual for a Lincolnshire rural school. Hell the Nursery I run has ~200 kids and 1 BAME child

And after pressure

The Telegraph eventually admitted there were other reasons why Middle Rasen school wasn’t rated Outstanding. But readers had to reach paragraph thirteen or thereabouts to discover these.

http://www.localschoolsnetwork.org.uk/2014/11/did-ofsted-censure-a-school-because-it-was-too-white
 
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not directly, but there is a general view that it is a problem if a school or organisation is "too white", but apparently not the other way around

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Doesn't really matter if English is their second language so long as they speak it fluently (as fluently as 11 year olds can)

If my kid already spoke 2 languages and was learning Spanish I would think the school were doing very well.

The Linconshire thing is a bit weird, as it's whites-ville so of course they aren't going to have many black or Asian kids. My mate moved there to teach and I've been up a few times.

Is that really why they were marked down though?

Edit - Freakbro confirmed that's a load of cobblers...
 
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That school wasn't marked down for being too white at all, that's just the misleading sensationalist headline.

not far off though - from your own article there are contradictory statements re: diversity and these were the reasons for marking down the school

but yes, they didn't specifically use the words "too white"
 
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not far off though

Very far off - OFSTED are not going to mark down a Nursery for not having enough black children lol

- from your own article there are contradictory statements re: diversity and these were the reasons for marking down the school

but yes, they didn't specifically use the words "too white"

The contradictory statements are forming the criticism of OFSTED, not the school. OFSTED require diversity teaching, exposing the children to the various cultures across the world, the school can't help it if there aren't any BAME children in the vicinity to mix with!

They said

Pupils’ cultural development is good. They learn about different people’s social and ethnic backgrounds, customs and beliefs.

Which is what is required of the Nursery

The contradictory statement from OFSTED is then saying

Pupils’ cultural development is limited by a lack of first-hand experience of the diverse make up of modern British society.

Which again is just an observation and if the Nursery is doing all it can, which it sounds like it is from the first statement, then there isn't a lot they can do about it.

So no, it's not "not far off" marking down a Nursery for being too white - as there were two key other reasons why they didn't get Outstanding.
 
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TBH I don't really see a problem with this as it's marketing and there's massive pressure coming from lefty organisations to do this sort of thing or they'll be slammed as non-inclusive and all kinds of others ism's.

It's just sad that so many groups/people these days can't look at a photo without seperating everyone in it into different groups and then making it into a political issue if there are any discrepancies. Identity politics is toxic imo.
What's even more sad is if you have in a room:

A white Englishman
A white Scotsman
A white Irishman
A white Dane
A white Swede
A white German
A white Frenchman
A white Finn
A white Norwegian
A white Italian
A white Spaniard
etc etc.

It would not be classed as diverse.
 
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@Freakbro

we can both see your article thanks, but if you're going to quote in the thread then lets include both sets of statements:

“Pupils’ cultural development is good. They learn about different people’s social and ethnic backgrounds, customs and beliefs.”

but then

"The school needs to extend pupils' understanding of the cultural diversity of modern British Society by creating opportunities for them to have first-hand interaction with their counterparts from different backgrounds beyond the immediate vicinity.”

and again:

“Provision for pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is good. They become more mature and responsible in preparation for their role as adult citizens in British democratic society.”

but

“Pupils’ cultural development is limited by a lack of first-hand experience of the diverse make up of modern British society.”

The criticism is essentially related to the lack of diversity - again, no they haven't specifically said "too white" but that is essentially the issue being highlighted here.

IIRC the image was posted on 4chan
 
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Ridiculous!!! Who are they trying to protect?
Those that accuse others of being racist or try to make a point of not being so (as in this example) are malicious and just as racist as those they accuse because they are singling out groups and treating them differently. Racism will only be stamped out when people don't have to think about what and who offends who and when they stop making things such an issue all the damn time.

Lot of bored individuals around.
 
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