1/ When we saw the whitewashed image of Obama, Jay Z & Beyoncé, we were disgusted & ashamed. It never should have been on wikiHow.https://twitter.com/beyupdates_/status/823268475087060992 …
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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.
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5/ The colorist wasn’t aware it was Obama and Beyoncé. We don’t think the illustrator intentionally whitewashed here.
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6/ This doesn’t excuse the fact that we hosted a terrible image on wikiHow and we needed more diversity on that article period.
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7/ We’re talking with our illustrators to prevent recurrence and encourage diversity. Especially in positions of power.
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shutup. YOU KNEW.
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artist knew!
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of course the artists knew, they copied the original pic of Obama & Bey
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The illustrator knew, but the colorist didn't.
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u clearly haven't seen BOTH pix so stop
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Black and white, yet some how got the same hair colour and dress colour for Beyoncé.pic.twitter.com/HelH3jhG44
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why did the Skecher give Obama that hairstyle? You know y'all should've REALLY stopped at acknowledging it was whitewashing and go.
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lmmmmfzhnsskmxaukxasbkbdf right wtf
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but the dress is red and the hair is blonde? Lie again.
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lmmfao suits are the same too. They lying asses!
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No stop lying, the guy has WHITE hair, thats not a man of colours hair type. This is NOTHING to do with the colourist coloured wrong
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I can accept that the colorist might not have known their race, but that doesn't explain why the illustrator altered Obama's hair.
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So it was coincidence that the colorist painted blond hair and red dress like in the picture?
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I call bullshit, great head of hair on Obama your sketcher added there.
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The sketcher changed the men's hair. Even in b/w they'd look white. Not a mistake, why did the sketcher change the hair?
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