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2/ Within minutes of the 1st tweet, a volunteer removed the image. We then started investigating how it got on wikiHow at all.

3/ We learned it was made 3 years ago by a team of illustrators who work as one. One person sketches, the other person colors.

4/ The sketcher sent the colorist a black and white sketch. The colorist did not know the race of the models.

5/ The colorist wasn’t aware it was Obama and Beyoncé. We don’t think the illustrator intentionally whitewashed here.

6/ This doesn’t excuse the fact that we hosted a terrible image on wikiHow and we needed more diversity on that article period.

7/ We’re talking with our illustrators to prevent recurrence and encourage diversity. Especially in positions of power.

Hmm...after my first read this all sounded reasonable and understandable...but after taking a closer look some things don't add up.

and why was Obama drawn in this initial "sketch" with a full head of hair, when his afro-style hair is shorter than Jay's...

and the biggest gag...if they never saw the initial coloured pic, how did they know to make Beyonce blonde with a red dress...

and how did the colourist know to give them both black ties. even if we overlook that one...the red dress is quite specific. hmm...

FOH!! Never have you saw a black person with the hair in that illustration @wikiHow

lmao swear to god i thought abt him when i wrote that smh

Good response and action.

I'll wait for the b&w photo that's colored to show Trump as Black cuz illustrator didn't know.