Our hangman app graphics contained a gray stick figure, in a pink dress and a straw hat to make the image more fun, silly, and comical rather than serious. With every missed letter, the stick figure became more silly. However, several people reported being offended at the depiction of a black man (half said man, half said woman) being hung in our graphics. And after a careful second look, with the complaints in mind, I could understand the complaints. So we modified the images to remove any hint of darkness in the stick man being hung. Here’s the final picture now, when you lose a game:
What do you think?
We’re just waiting on Apple to approve the update.
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