This does not accomplish what it should…
Three men and a woman walk into an office. Wait, a figure seems to be hidden. Ironic? No.
At best the blog post image was accidentally ironic.
Erasing the Black woman from the image effectively keeps her hidden. This is her moment. Whoever put this article header together for the front page of the Google/About page and blog, missed a great opportunity. If you click around in anger trying to figure out why Google would do such a thing, you may eventually find a long article.
That long article starts off with odd examples of herstory such as the fact that the films “Brave” and “Hunger Games” launched many girls into archery. Eventually, you would find information on the Geena Davis Inclusion Quotient GD-IQ technology that will do nothing short of revolutionizing film and culture. Quite possibly that’s an exaggeration.
Though the technology looks promising, the terrible front image choice used to promote it is a detraction from the article purpose and reaffirms the reality of unconscious bias and continued work beyond diversity and into inclusion.
