Monday, August 03, 2009

Toronto Parks and Rec = Photoshop Disaster

So I headed over to the Toronto Parks and Rec site to see when my strike-affected yoga might recommence, and I was greeted by this monstrosity:

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Immediate reaction: check blogs to ensure this horrorshow has been recorded for posterity. And indeed it has, over at Photoshop Disasters, which even managed to acquire the original photo. City of Toronto: Token Brilliance

And oh man, they cite a National Post article. All I can assume is that somewhere, a man with a goatee and a pitchfork is putting in an order for ice skates, because I am in agreement with NP on this one…this was insane. Was the original family, delightfully non-WASPish, somehow not diverse enough?

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  1. realtor julie4:37 p.m.

    Well, if the competent for this did not want to make Toronto seem racist, they could have done a better job editing the picture. But seriously, there surely are mixed-race families in the city (and elsewhere) so why not just use a picture of one of those? This was a silly idea. Regards, Julie.

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