Here’s a great Flickr set: The Bart&Co. Historic Clip Art Collection
Here’s a great Flickr set: The Bart&Co. Historic Clip Art Collection
Are you a teacher? Do you create newsletters? Are you planning a poster, TeeShirt, invitation?
My friend Mark Hicks has a new blog that is informative, fun and full of whimsical and inventive illustrations, projects, books and more.
Yesterday I was making a flyer at work and wanted some clip art images of families. Mindful that there are many different kinds of families, I went looking for a little diversity—namely, racial and gender diversity—in the Microsoft Office clip art.
In my search, I was pleasantly surprised to find that MS has included several images of families with same-gender parents (search "gay families"). There are only eight among hundreds, but I bet that's eight more than there were ten years ago.
Diversity is still lagging on other dimensions, however. It's hard to find images of obviously multiracial families. I found a small handful, but there isn't a catalog heading for them, making it difficult to find them. All-white families dominate, followed by all-black families. There's a small number of obviously East Asian-featured families but pretty much zip in terms of obviously South Asian, Hispanic, or other "brown" ethnicities (though if you search for Muslim families, you'll find a few in traditional dress).
OK, Microsoft, you're on your way, but you're not there yet. Get to it!
Ginger thanks for the link. My sister etta is a grade school teacher and the info will really help her and of course, myself, too.