Veterans Day 'Google Doodle' Received Backlash for Being Too Diverse
While many Americans celebrate diversity, a number of people voiced outraged against a "Google Doodle" that displayed a diverse group of men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
On Wednesday, Google commemorated Veterans Day with a cartoon illustration, popularly known as a "Google Doodle," that featured seven veterans, six which appear to be people of color, and one light-skinned person. However, the "Doodle" stirred backlash from people who complained that the people of color outnumbered the whites in the image.
For instance, one blogger at Unz.com wrote: "Is the man in the second row waving to say, 'Hey, there are white guys in the military, too'? Or is he saying, 'I'm actually Filipino; it's the pale faceless folks in the third row who are the white men who do most of the fighting and dying'?"
Meanwhile, other people expressed their outrage on Twitter.
"So glad that millions of white men gave their lives so that #GoogleDoodle could blackwash history and forget them," wrote Twitter user @OvermanHyperion.
Likewise, @Nik_el78 wrote, "Where are all the 'white' male veterans on Google Doodle? I see one. Racist Doodle #thankyouveterans #GoogleDoodle."
One person even suggested boycotting Google "for their blatant support [of] multiculturalism, diversity, and white genocide," reports Vocativ.
Although critics argue that the drawing does not accruately represent the many white American veterans in America, the Google Doodle is reflective of the growing diversify among veterans. While the majority of U.S. armed forces' veterans and active duty members are white men, studies show that the demographic has been changing for decades.
According to the National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics, white veterans make up 66.3 percent of the total veteran population since 9/11, compared to 90.9 percent around World War II and 82.9 percent around the Vietnam War, states a 2013 study. Meanwhile, a 2011 study predicted a rise of minority veterans from about 20 percent to about 34 percent by 2040.
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