Red Cross Apology for Racist Pool Poster

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[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

5 minutes ago, BMTSoulja1 said:

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Creator of that poster is probably looking for another job this morning. 

[BMTSoulja1]

Them and the person who gave the final approval...

[thetragichippy]

2 hours ago, BMTSoulja1 said:

Them and the person who gave the final approval...

If they even looked at it that closely. It is wrong, but I probably would have never noticed it. 

 

[BMTSoulja1]

29 minutes ago, thetragichippy said:

If they even looked at it that closely. It is wrong, but I probably would have never noticed it. 

 

Interesting....

[NDNation]

I wonder if it was intentional.

Why is the kid in the middle of the pool "not cool"? Is he swimming the wrong way?

[thetragichippy]

19 minutes ago, BMTSoulja1 said:

Interesting....

Why, because I wouldn't notice? I don't read "the rules" sign on public swimming pools. I did look at the sign, but I can't tell you how many kids total were in the picture. Can you? I did get the general message of what activities were cool and what was not cool. 

[BMTSoulja1]

...maybe it was just me.  I'd notice something like that immediately.  But I would have said something like 'they know they're wrong ' . 

[thetragichippy]

3 hours ago, BMTSoulja1 said:

...maybe it was just me.  I'd notice something like that immediately.  But I would have said something like 'they know they're wrong ' . 

I did say it was wrong. I was not trying to make the subject less offensve, just being honest with my assessment. 

[BMTSoulja1]

2 hours ago, thetragichippy said:

I did say it was wrong. I was not trying to make the subject less offensve, just being honest with my assessment. 

Understood...

[bullets13]

I'm sure it was unintentional, but once it was pointed out it definitely needed to be removed, which they did, and an apology was needed, which they gave.

[Hagar]

It sure turned out wrong.  I'm confident it was unintentional, but sad it turned out like that.

[baddog]

I'm sick of everything coming down to race. Would you like for me to be childish when I see my race portrayed as inferior? Ok. The Nationwide Insurance commercials depict white people dancing around in the yard  throwing sacks of white powder in the air, trimming trees, changing oit,.....anything to kep from calling their insurance company, while the cool, calm, and collected black couple is watching the heathens perform during thier siteown with their insurance agent. Switch the roles and you have lawsuits.

[dBerrySports]

Maybe they should have picked a better insurance company.

[baddog]

32 minutes ago, dBerrySports said:

Maybe they should have picked a better insurance company.

Typical response.    So, they could have chosen another pool?

[dBerrySports]

4 minutes ago, baddog said:

Typical response.    So, they could have chosen another pool?

Listen man, I don't really care. But it was a drawing, not sure how any one drawing could have chosen another pool. Anyways, the people that drew and ultimately approved that poster made a mistake. Whether it was purposely racial or not, I don't know. But it was a mistake. A mistake that a place as big as the Red Cross can't make. And if you want to be childish about when you think your race is considered inferior, go right ahead, you won't be the first or last. I don't want to make it a competition, I wish the worst complaint we could have is an insurance commercial.

[baddog]

1 hour ago, dBerrySports said:

Listen man, I don't really care. But it was a drawing, not sure how any one drawing could have chosen another pool. Anyways, the people that drew and ultimately approved that poster made a mistake. Whether it was purposely racial or not, I don't know. But it was a mistake. A mistake that a place as big as the Red Cross can't make. And if you want to be childish about when you think your race is considered inferior, go right ahead, you won't be the first or last. I don't want to make it a competition, I wish the worst complaint we could have is an insurance commercial.

Yep, about as important as a Red Cross poster. It was as not even on national tv like the commercial until now. Maybe you can see the childish parallels I am drawing.

I never said the poster was right either.