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I guess I assumed she had died decades earlier. (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/funny

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[–] phdepressed 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And yet other pictures of famous people in these textbooks were/are in color. There is a visual discrepancy in presentation and it misleads the viewer (children in this case) in a way they may not even realize for years or decades after. Whether this particular discrepancy is purposeful or not it is problematic.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

celebrities get portraits done, civil rights leaders have pictures taken of them by journalists as they do important things. most civil rights leaders didn't get many professional portraits done, the textbooks use the pictures of them actually doing things. tough you may have a point that it would be good to include a color picture or two of them if they're out there.

[–] phdepressed -1 points 4 months ago

There are color photos out there, ain't a hard thing to look up. Journalists were probably shooting in color even if they weren't getting printed that way since the average person could have a color camera by that point in time.