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A Lack of Racial Inclusivity

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
November 30, 2019
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This complaint is meant to address the lack of racial inclusivity of Adobe Stock. When trying to find beautiful black women, the search results contain a majority of white women. Black women are marketable, and we can be stunningly beautiful, yet when searching the term beautiful black women, the search engine recommends average black women and a majority of white women. When searching for related images, the results still recommend white women. Search the team beautiful women, and the results are of stunningly beautiful white women. The user does not even need to specify the search by searching for beautiful white women. Simply beautiful women. It would be nice if the term beautiful women contained an equal number of all races in the result.

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Correct answer Ricky336

This is entirely dependant on those people who contribute. It is not by design!

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IlDella977

Participant

Do we actually need Politically "Correct" answers?
I mean....if you need inclusive answers just add it to the prompt.
You're opinions are just limiting the program and not giving chances for people to be creative.
So basically th people that actually need to work with it, wastes time and money just for you to not feel "offended"?
There is not only you in the platform, there is also serious people who would like to have actually the desired outcomes form AI.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

@IlDella977 wrote:

There is not only you in the platform, there is also serious people who would like to have actually the desired outcomes form AI.

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To be honest, I'm not sure what any of this has to do Adobe Stock Contributors. Stock is global marketplace for buying artwork by talented artists from around the globe. It's not an AI generator.

I think you landed in the wrong space.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

RALPH_L

Community Expert

Keywords and titles associated with the image determine what is shown.

moonlynn

Participating Frequently

Hi @Monique Kelley Designs and @Test Screen Name and @Nathan5E07 🙂

Just thought you might be interested in this similar post, as well, started by @Nathan5E07. Nathan, your comment, "Should we just say, 'Ok, thanks for clearing that up for us?'" really seems to hit the nail on the head about how the Adobe responses are coming along in both this and your post. Here's to hoping for some positive change!

Ricky336

Community Expert

Hi @Monique Kelley Designs and @Test Screen Name and @Nathan5E07 🙂

Just thought you might be interested in this similar post, as well, started by @Nathan5E07. Nathan, your comment, "Should we just say, 'Ok, thanks for clearing that up for us?'" really seems to hit the nail on the head about how the Adobe responses are coming along in both this and your post. Here's to hoping for some positive change!

By @moonlynn

Just to be clear, I don't work for Adobe, so my response that is marked 'correct' really is just that. The key word is contributors, so go ahead everyone, contribute, and upload diversity! The ball is in the court of Adobe Contributors, isn't it?

moonlynn

Participating Frequently

Hi @Ricky336

No worries - I directing comments to actual Adobe employees, not you. You've posted everywhere that you are not an Adobe employee. 🙂 We all know.

However, I will say that you frequently mention that everyone should contribute what we want to have available. ("Be the change you want to see!") I get that. However, others here are students or in other professional roles. I am a presentation designer. I am/others are not a photographer. You can't just walk into "Models are Us" and grab some people for free and skillfully pose them with all the special equipment needed like professional cameras and lenses, lighting, reflectors, backdrops, etc. that just happen to (not) be laying around.

I think people are just trying to get the question answered: How do we get these kinds of requests into the hands of the people who do photography for a living who also contribute to the site? All the responses are tantamount to saying "Who do we talk to if we want to get a professional bakers to start making strawberry lime wedding cakes?" and being told that if we want strawberry lime wedding cakes, then we can go make some and contribute them and hope that the cake lives up to Gordon Ramsay's expectations enough to be included in his menu.

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Nathan5E07

Participant

Curious! Is this "correct answer" suggesting that Adobe can not do anything to fill a void for black subscribers or promote diversity? Should we just say, "Ok, thanks for clearing that up for us"? With all due respect & kindness, that was such a privileged answer.

Abambo

Community Expert

The correct answer is really the correct answer as this depends to the contributors. If you are a contributor and are able to upload pictures of African and Asian people, please do so.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

Ricky336

Correct answer

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This is entirely dependant on those people who contribute. It is not by design!

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Test Screen Name

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Interesting observation. What steps would you suggest to encourage an equal diversity of contributions (since Adobe Stock is simply the sum of its contributors' images)?

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