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Re: Image comments for The faces of divesity and higher humanity
Posted by: Anonymous
Date: 22/10/2005 01:49PM
What does a collection of photos have to do with diversity and so-called "higher humanity"? Like many postings in this site, this image was posted with just enough text to incite controversy and to embolden racists to express their generally mindless opinions. @1298 is a jerk, plain and simple. Following the lead of the jerk comes @90130, thus assuming the role of assistant jerk. And pulling up the rear comes @155126, the tertiary jerk.

As to @Tiw, the minimalist text and the fact there is no Caucasian pictured is likely meant to spur exactly the response you've expressed, one which I share, and I'm a Black American.

Diversity is a thing that encompasses all races. It isn't meant to be a showcase for facets of minority populations alone as it's also meant for those often-shielded groups to learn and\or experience aspects of the majority population beyond what is known or frequently misunderstood within the respective minority communities.

Going back to the image, many of the faces pictured are absolutely strange or distasteful given we, the viewers, perceive beauty through the eyes of the Western world. Yes, many of the pictures strange to us, but these are--and given the apparent age of the several of the images, were--human beings differentiated from us by what their societies could have considered appropriate of beautiful. Certainly there are enough "ugly" people of all races to post a never-ending gallery of stomach-turing images, and I reiterate my agreement with @Tiw that images of Caucasians should have been included.

The above, people, is true diversity, not some nebulous concept of "higher humanity."

Nice try at starting a fight and spreading your hateful cause, racists. Worse luck next time.

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