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White Guys Win Again. Was This College Catalog Cover a Loser?
Atlanta Journal Constitution Blog ^
| March 20, 2015
| Jessica Roy
Posted on 03/20/2015 6:25:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A reader sent me a copy of the cover of the new University of North Georgia continuing education catalog asked with this question, “Are they crazy?”
It’s a valid question given the awkwardness of the image and its pairing with a headline that asks, “Why follow when you can lead?”
The illustration features two exultant white men — dressed like missionaries for some reason — well ahead of a woman in heels wearing what looks to be an ensemble from “Dynasty” and a black male in more casual attire who appears to be struggling to finish the race.
I thought the cover was a parody, a sort of Mad Men meets Peachtree Road Race. It’s not, although there are some mad men and women commenting on the cover on Facebook.
The cover is getting some national attention. (See Raw Story.)
The illustration has inspired some social media lampooning.
Among my favorites:
-If you look a bit further back, you’ll see the starting line for the winners was 20 yards ahead of the official starting line for everyone else.
-I guess the person with the physical disability is just plain way back of that pack.
-The two guys in front are SAE members running for the bus.
(Excerpt) Read more at getschooled.blog.ajc.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: diversity; dressforsuccess; highereducation; leadership; mormonism; race; success; whiteprivilege
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To: nickcarraway
I got a catalog from the local Community College in the mail the other day. Probably 20+ photos of 'students' in it. I'd guess now that maybe three or for were 'white' and they were all female. I don't recall seeing even one white male in the photos.
And this is a county that is 85+% white.
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posted on
03/20/2015 7:28:53 PM PDT
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Ditto
To: nickcarraway
The black guy isn’t in the race he is being chased by the GBI.
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posted on
03/20/2015 7:30:41 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: ClearCase_guy
Even though they’re only 12% of the population, they should win 100% of the time?? I DEMAND affirmative action for straight white guys!!
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posted on
03/20/2015 7:32:04 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: ClearCase_guy
It’s racist to ever show a white guy beating a black guy.Wait....by "beating" do you mean defeating, or beating?
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posted on
03/20/2015 7:33:31 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: doc1019
Wait, is that you, James Watt? ;)
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posted on
03/20/2015 7:36:38 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Still Thinking
White privilege is like a physical assault. It's what justifies the Knockout Game — so beating is beating.
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posted on
03/20/2015 7:37:48 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The dog days are over /The dog days are done/Can you hear the horses? /'Cause here they come)
To: Still Thinking
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posted on
03/20/2015 7:38:20 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Blue lives matter)
To: nickcarraway
I Laughed Out Loud, Literally...
I wonder if 0bama, Holder and Sharpton will be rousing the rabble over this.
To: nickcarraway
The things some people get offended about. File this under “First World Problems”.
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posted on
03/20/2015 7:42:26 PM PDT
by
FrdmLvr
("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
To: nickcarraway
To: CrazyIvan
Hands up don't shoot!!
The black guy should know this.
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posted on
03/20/2015 7:52:41 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: dragnet2
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posted on
03/20/2015 7:55:49 PM PDT
by
Vigilantcitizen
(STONE COLD ZOMBIE SCOURGE)
To: nickcarraway
Clearly, the tape was already cut by the homosexual in lane seven and the conjoined twins in lane eight.
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posted on
03/20/2015 7:59:03 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(It looks just like a Telefunken U-47 -- with leather.)
To: nickcarraway
To: Louis Foxwell
“Splain urself. What is a Mormon suit?”
One with a bicycle attached?
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:35:53 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(The refusal to deport is defacto amnesty)
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/20/2015 10:20:50 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: sauropod
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posted on
03/21/2015 2:59:32 PM PDT
by
sauropod
(I am His and He is mine.)
To: doc1019
In cursive and they would say that is racist also.
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