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martininco
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January 29, 2018
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"mental retardation" and "retarded" search terms yield offensive representations

  • January 29, 2018
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Could Adobe please revise the results for search terms "mental retardation" and "retarded" in Adobe Stock?  The current results yield an awful lot of deeply inaccurate and offensive depictions of people with intellectual disabilities.

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    Correct answer WendellaBee

    Thank you for this valuable feedback. I have passed this on to the appropriate product managers.

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    martinincoAuthor
    Participant
    June 12, 2018

    I was sorry to learn today that Adobe has decided that the current selection of images tagged under "retarded" keyword appropriately represents its views about people with intellectual disabilities: Retarded photos, royalty-free images, graphics, vectors & videos | Adobe Stock

    Adobe's selection of images depicting people with intellectual disabilities perpetuates negative stereotypes about psychiatric disabilities, which I find deeply offensive. I am sure that all disability organizations and your customers will find your decision to keep the current selection of images equally offensive.

    Sheena Kaul
    Sheena Kaul
    Legend
    June 12, 2018

    Hi Martin,

    I've responded to your Facebook message and post and the issue had been escalated to the product team in January only.

    But since I see you've sent us another message today, I am again sending the message to our product team for the same.

    Regards,

    Sheena

    WendellaBee
    Adobe Employee
    WendellaBee
    Adobe Employee
    June 21, 2018


    Hello Martin,

    We have escalated this to the appropriate team and Sheena and I are monitoring the issue. We will update this thread when we have new information.

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    WendellaBee
    Adobe Employee
    WendellaBeeCorrect answer
    Adobe Employee
    January 29, 2018

    Thank you for this valuable feedback. I have passed this on to the appropriate product managers.

    EBQ

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