'Not Cool': Red Cross Apologizes After Pool Safety Poster Criticized As Racist...
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The American Red Cross apologized Monday for a pool safety poster it distributed that depicted black children doing "not cool" things and was criticized as racist.
The poster received attention after a version of it from Fort Morgan, Colorado circulated on Twitter. The organization apologized in a statement released to NBC News and said it was "absolutely not our intent to offend anyone."
The poster showed a black child diving into the pool and another black child pushing a white child into the pool. Both actions were labeled "not cool." Meanwhile, a white girl getting on the diving board was labeled "cool."
"Going forward, we are developing more appropriate materials that are more representative of our workforce and the communities we serve," the organization said in its statement to NBC News. "Our aquatic instructors have been notified of these concerns and we will advocate that our aquatic partner facilities remove the poster until revised materials are available."
The Red Cross also has removed the poster from its website and Swim App, NBC reported.
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Why somebody gotta tell these idiots that in 2016 that ? gonna look sketchy af??
This that ? that makes me laugh when ppl say racism is dead. -
Is it racist or just a coincidence?
Cuz there's clearly a white dude doing some not cool ? too -
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Watering down real racism with ? like this
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Is that suppose to be no diving in the shallow end? Wtf is there a diving board there then? Not cool.
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BackInWhite wrote: »Is it racist or just a coincidence?
Cuz there's clearly a white dude doing some not cool ? too
What are the 2 black kids in the middle of the pool doing that's not cool? -
BackInWhite wrote: »Is it racist or just a coincidence?
Cuz there's clearly a white dude doing some not cool ? too
What are the 2 black kids in the middle of the pool doing that's not cool?
I'm not sure what the kid diving is doing wrong but the other kid is holding somebody underwater
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BackInWhite wrote: »Is it racist or just a coincidence?
Cuz there's clearly a white dude doing some not cool ? too
Nothing is a coincidence. -
BackInWhite wrote: »Is it racist or just a coincidence?
Cuz there's clearly a white dude doing some not cool ? too
What are the 2 black kids in the middle of the pool doing that's not cool?
drowning. -
I swear we're becoming a parody of ourselves at this point. So some random Red Cross poster is racist because it show some black kids ? up at a pool? What's the ratio of cool/not cool that would have been acceptable?
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ThaNubianGod wrote: »I swear we're becoming a parody of ourselves at this point. So some random Red Cross poster is racist because it show some black kids ? up at a pool? What's the ratio of cool/not cool that would have been acceptable?
All white not cool
All black cool
2 black lifeguards not 1
Some ankhs and ? too -
ThaNubianGod wrote: »I swear we're becoming a parody of ourselves at this point. So some random Red Cross poster is racist because it show some black kids ? up at a pool? What's the ratio of cool/not cool that would have been acceptable?
At some point, I almost think that the people who call ? like this aren't even black. They are white people who just want to make claims of racism seem trivial and nonsensical.
Then as soon as one of these things makes the news, tons of black people jump on it and I realize there probably was a black person stupid enough to make an issue out of it.
All that said, the poster is probably an example of ingrained racism. White people do ? like that and don't even know they are doing it. People in general have just been programmed to associate black with bad. -
Oh yall ? just looking for anything to fake outrage about, little mulatto got yall all fired up
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This dumb SJW ? is a conjured up distraction.
White people quick to hop on some ? like this that doesn't require any REAL sacrifice.
All so they can feel good about themselves. I swear these uber-bleeding heart liberals are just as bad as Fox News whites. -
The Blind Mexican Boy With The Corona Is Cool AF My Book
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yo the lazy ass black life guard is ? hilarious....white people stupid as ? ....
i wonder if any black folk were involved in releasing this and was like
aye....i tried to tell yall....
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BackInWhite wrote: »Is it racist or just a coincidence?
Cuz there's clearly a white dude doing some not cool ? too
He looks hispanic to me -
BackInWhite wrote: »Is it racist or just a coincidence?
Cuz there's clearly a white dude doing some not cool ? too
He looks hispanic to me
That's what I thought. All the white kids at the pool have blonde or red hair. All the black/brown folk have tan bodies and dark hair. -
Ghostdenithegawd wrote: »Watering down real racism with ? like this
#Bars -
Well what about the lil ? the black ? pushing in the pool?
She got black hair
Or the lil boy running with the black lil boy?
Is he white? -
If those kids I just mentioned are Hispanic then this ? is racist
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the dukester wrote: »This dumb SJW ? is a conjured up distraction.
White people quick to hop on some ? like this that doesn't require any REAL sacrifice.
All so they can feel good about themselves. I swear these uber-bleeding heart liberals are just as bad as Fox News whites.
Whites want to advance their identity and tell everyone how virtuous they are over the most trivial ? but get upset over a CVS being burned down. -
Reminds me of a deodorant commercial... except all the 'unsure' people are Black...
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Not to derail but this was trending on Facebook the other day from a daycare.
Talk about uncool...
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this basically says white ppl follow the rules & non-white ppl don't
bruh, my white kids would break every ? rule there