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- Feb 2023
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When describing people, don’t assume race or gender. Unless someone’s race or gender is self-described and relevant to the purpose of the image, do not assign people social identities. If a physical description is relevant to the purpose of the image, consider using terms like “dark skin tone” or “light skin tone” and note hairstyle, clothing, and physical build when relevant.
Have some thoughts about this: -how would an author know when this type of description is relevant? do we accidentally created "color blind captions" if people follow this too literally? -questions about physical build - what is the guidance on describing fat people? -what about physical disabilities? -also wondering about efforts to intentionally include say BIPOC women in images, and then wondering how best to have authors describe these folks in captions and alt text
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