City Magazine Photoshops in Blacker Man to Prove that it's More Inclusive

This is one of the funniest things I've read in sometime. Worst case of jungle fever I've ever seen.

The smiling, ethnically diverse family featured on the cover of Toronto’s latest edition of its summer Fun Guide was digitally altered to make the photo more “inclusive,” which city officials say is in keeping with a policy to reflect diversity.

A spokesman for the department that publishes the guide listing recreation activities confirmed the publication was doctored to insert the face of a different father.

“He superimposed the African-Canadian person onto the family cluster in the original photo. It was two photographs and one head was superimposed over the original family photo,” said John Gosgnach, communications director for the social development division.

“The goal was to depict the diversity of Toronto and its residents.”

The cover shot caught the eye of a National Post graphics editor, who ran it through a program called TinEye that detects visual enhancements to standard art.

The program showed the original image was of a laughing family of indeterminate ethnic background.

Both the family in the initial photo and the new father inserted were clip art—stock images that publications sometimes purchase to use as illustrations. None are known to be Toronto residents, Mr. Gosgnach said.

“You won’t find a more inclusive organization than us,” said Kevin Sack, Toronto’s director of strategic communications. “We want everyone to feel involved and welcome to participate in everything. That’s the only goal. Nothing wrong with that.”

On the left is the original photo and on the right is the fake photo:



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