Category: Youth

An article recently ran on CNN.com entitled, “Audi pulls 'insensitive' ad featuring girl eating banana in front of car”. It’s not often you hear of an Audi ad sparking such controversy, so I thought it was worth a click-through to the full story. It seems that over the weekend, the German luxury automaker shared a photo on social media with the caption, “Lets your heart beat faster – in every aspect” – publicizing their RS4 sports sedan. The caption wasn’t an issue but apparently the imagery was. From the NY Daily News: “The image shows a cool-looking young girl — wearing a leopard-print dress, a denim jacket, pink rounded sunglasses — eating a banana, while the wind blows her hair off her face. She’s also leaning against the grille of…

Last weekend, my wife and I traveled east from our home in Colorado to a wedding in New York. While there, we attended an exhibit we booked months in advance, at one of New York’s rich, cultural museums. It was called Auschwitz – Not long ago. Not far away. A special exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Auschwitz, “Is the most comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the history of Auschwitz and its role in the Holocaust ever presented in North America, and an unparalleled opportunity to confront the singular face of human evil.” According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust, and the Auschwitz exhibit brought that reality to life leaving many visitors in disbelief. The entire exhibit was incredibly distressing –…