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"This is not a post-racial world.
Pretending that these problems are not still a very real part of people's lives is not helpful; it doesn't solve the problem, it just makes people feel better about themselves when there isn't anything to feel especially good about yet. It's sort of like changing your twitter icon to green for the Iranian election protests, or changing your Facebook profile pic to a cartoon character to prevent child abuse. "Slacktivism" is the term. Race may not matter to you personally, but I imagine you aren't blind to it either. There is nothing gained by pretending race doesn't matter to other people except complacence."
- ~whitetrashpalace
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Stock of girl courtesy of !Katanaz-Stock
GIMP 2.0 for all manipulations. Girl was desaturated in two different ways using monochromatic channel mixing. Ancient warmth action available on my website was applied to the greyscaled pieces.
Additional Comments
One of the most intriguing quotes I have come by so far during my time on dA. On a side note, why is racism generally portrayed as black and white...where's the yellow
Playing around with design and ideas.
This photomanipulation is protected under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Under the Creative Commons license, this photomanipulation may be displayed on other websites as long as:
1. Credit is given in writing stating "Photomanipulation by Jean Fan"
2. A link is provided back to the original photomanipulation
3. All other conditions under the Creative Commons license are met
Any use of this photomanipulation other than as authorized under this Creative Commons license or copyright law is prohibited.
"This is not a post-racial world.
Pretending that these problems are not still a very real part of people's lives is not helpful; it doesn't solve the problem, it just makes people feel better about themselves when there isn't anything to feel especially good about yet. It's sort of like changing your twitter icon to green for the Iranian election protests, or changing your Facebook profile pic to a cartoon character to prevent child abuse. "Slacktivism" is the term. Race may not matter to you personally, but I imagine you aren't blind to it either. There is nothing gained by pretending race doesn't matter to other people except complacence."
- ~whitetrashpalace
Materials and Methods
Stock of girl courtesy of !Katanaz-Stock
GIMP 2.0 for all manipulations. Girl was desaturated in two different ways using monochromatic channel mixing. Ancient warmth action available on my website was applied to the greyscaled pieces.
Additional Comments
One of the most intriguing quotes I have come by so far during my time on dA. On a side note, why is racism generally portrayed as black and white...where's the yellow
Playing around with design and ideas.
This photomanipulation is protected under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Under the Creative Commons license, this photomanipulation may be displayed on other websites as long as:
1. Credit is given in writing stating "Photomanipulation by Jean Fan"
2. A link is provided back to the original photomanipulation
3. All other conditions under the Creative Commons license are met
Any use of this photomanipulation other than as authorized under this Creative Commons license or copyright law is prohibited.
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I dig the image but the message is that of the agenda. the real people in power use race to divide us and to control us. racism in America is nothing more than a tool the rich use to manipulate.