Johanna Burai — World White Web
This work started when I searched for “hand” on Google and the search results showed only white hands. Then I noticed that the theme of white hands were recurring every time I visited a portfolio or blog about graphic design. So I started saving every portfolio image that I encountered, and in 100% of the cases, the hand was white.
This is not news, but it’s definitely something that we all have to consider and be aware of; how the graphic design world repeats and maintain whiteness.
As a black graphic designer I have tried to put diversity into the work I create for clients, and I have had them repeatedly ask for someone less “ethnic” looking. We all know what they mean by “ethnic”, and it gets to me everytime this occurs. It is hard to know what to do in situations like that.
