Of the photos that lie, I picked the one on the University of Wisconsin-Madison application for a few reasons. First of all, I think it's a problem that is easy for us, as college students to relate to. Trinity is a very diverse place so it's not really a problem that we think about a lot, but for other schools it could pose a pretty big problem. Secondly, I have a friend that goes to Wisconsin and now I get to make fun of him for this. Anyway, the picture was originally of students at a sporting event of some sort and I guess the administration felt that there was a lack of diversity represented in the picture. Therefore, instead of taking another picture that showed more diversity, they chose to photoshop in an African-American students head to make the university appear more diverse. This is harmful because it promotes an atmosphere on campus that may or may not exist. Diversity a quality that some kids look at in colleges and this picture could be misleading.
I found this picture interesting too. Colleges want to show diversity, and apparently will do anything to do that.
ReplyDeleteI found this picture interesting, too. Considering recent personal events, this picture hit a little closer to home. I feel like maybe the college took the easy way out by Photoshopping that student in. If the school couldn't go out and take a picture right then and there to show its diversity, then it shouldn't claim to be something it is not.
ReplyDeleteI thought this picture was intresting as well. For one thing, it doesn't seem to have been photoshoped too well. They probably could have found a diverse picture somewhere.
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