Advertisement is a huge part of our everyday life. They are everywhere; when you are sitting down watching TV, when you take a walk down the street. Frequently in our daily conversation we found ourselves advertising something along with persuasion. What is the purpose? Well, to promote a message or to sell something. In this specific photography I think the message could go in different directions, no matter what kind of background you come from. A photograph of five different crayons with a range of shades labeled as “flesh” by Brett Wills was published in “The Aims of Argument”. Right away this image expresses the recognition that skin comes in a variety of shades. Around the ‘50s Crayola has only one crayon labeled “flesh” without any
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When I was little I would use the brown crayon and trace softly on the drawing that was supposed to be me. And I was happy about it. I didn’t see it as a problem. I didn’t even see people different because of their skin color. So, I don’t think kids look at things in a racist perspective. For the contrary, I feel that this make them more aware of the skin color and will expose them to that kind of environment. With the exception that there are parents that already teach their children to treat others different because of their skin color. Even though the racism has decrease, today’s day it is an issue still. I know that there is so much out there that influence kids to stereotype others already, but we don’t have to bring it into the kindergarten classrooms. Honestly, no matter how many crayon they try to make, I don’t think the entire box of crayons can contain the many various flesh tones this entire world has. It’s amazing how people can interpreted different messages about the same image. And how powerful and meaningful a picture can be. The idiom “a picture is worth a thousand words”, is indeed a perfectly fit for these images. Whether you are against it or opposite to it, it’s important to accept everyone no matter what color crayon you
When I was little I would use the brown crayon and trace softly on the drawing that was supposed to be me. And I was happy about it. I didn’t see it as a problem. I didn’t even see people different because of their skin color. So, I don’t think kids look at things in a racist perspective. For the contrary, I feel that this make them more aware of the skin color and will expose them to that kind of environment. With the exception that there are parents that already teach their children to treat others different because of their skin color. Even though the racism has decrease, today’s day it is an issue still. I know that there is so much out there that influence kids to stereotype others already, but we don’t have to bring it into the kindergarten classrooms. Honestly, no matter how many crayon they try to make, I don’t think the entire box of crayons can contain the many various flesh tones this entire world has. It’s amazing how people can interpreted different messages about the same image. And how powerful and meaningful a picture can be. The idiom “a picture is worth a thousand words”, is indeed a perfectly fit for these images. Whether you are against it or opposite to it, it’s important to accept everyone no matter what color crayon you