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Find it shameful that even though it seems most of the developers are clearly non-white (see about-us), they use standard stock images of Caucasians. I would ne

• d4n13ll33 12y ago
  Hmm, I can't fully follow the logic here but that's alright. agree to disagree.
• corobo 12y ago
  That may be an issue with yourself - Honestly the first thing I noticed people-wise was that they're all named Daniel
• boards2x 12y ago
  The Israeli education ministry recently launched a new site, in which they've used stock photos of, mostly, Nordic looking children and families. Israel is a melting pot. Eastern Europeans, North African and near eastern Jews, and recently lots of Russians. None look particularly Nordic or even European (ie Slavic, Eastern European etc.) , unless they're not Jewish to begin with (many Russian immigrants, according to Israeli press, are not Jewish). You want find many blonde Israelis, except for women who dye their hair (mostly Russians, but not limited). So looking at an official site which represents a false idea of who we are as people, was disturbing, and in deed, people quickly responded and objected to what was done with tax payers money. My problem is that using stock images blends and makes real people transparent, not present. I understand that this is the easiest option, marketing-wise, but it's offensive. There's a flip side too. People that can't connect to promotional material that misrepresents reality. Weather non-realistic women in fashion media, removal of diversity from promotional material and so on. It's just wrong. Taking a risk here generalizing, but I feel that with Asians it might be even worst, because of their perceived obsession with "whiteness". It's just offensive.