GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Kenya Robinson remembers working on a marketing campaign and searching for a stock image of a Black woman wrapping her hands for kickboxing.
With over 18,000 stock photos coming up in her search, she couldn’t find the look she needed. “It struck me. I had been to a kickboxing class, I have had the opportunity to really live and continue to live a really full lifestyle; I’ve done a lot of cool things that I couldn’t find the representation of a Black person,” she said. “I ended up having to color (it).
You know, color the skin tone using Photoshop.” [WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: Courage in Journalism winner designs new career path as Central Florida dressmaker | Use this list to support Orlando’s women-owned businesses] It’s a