Right on cue, Google announced a new Doodle contest today. Google has been doing this for a several years now and I’ve written about it this week. When I read about the new contest something struck me immediately.
Google announced today that it’s launching the fourth annual Doodle 4 Google contest with the theme “What I’d like to do someday…” The contest is open to K-12 students in the U.S.
The winning Doodle will be displayed on Google’s homepage; its creator will receive a $15,000 scholarship, and his or her school will receive a $25,000 technology grant.
“We know this crop of students will be the generation of tomorrow’s leaders and inventors, and we can’t wait to see what they come up with,” Google’s VP of consumer products, Marissa Mayer, wrote in a blog post.
This year’s contest judges will include Whoopi Goldberg, ice skater Evan Lysacek and Jim Davis, the creator of Garfield, and Google employees. The 40 regional finalists will receive a trip to New York City and their art will be displayed at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Whoopi “Rape Rape” Goldberg is going to be a judge in a competition involving children? Is anyone going to call this woman out for her comments? Goldberg argues that the rest of the world sees 13 year old girls differently than the United States. Apparently getting a child drunk and then forcing sex on them is acceptable in Europe? When Goldberg was mocked on Saturday Night Live for her ignorant comments this was her defense:
“Look, Seth Meyers, unlike you we have an early morning show. Basically I just roll out of bed and start talking. Sometimes I don’t even wake up until 45 minutes into the show, unsure of what I said to whom or what or where or even who got me to where I am or how.”
Is this the type of person Google wants to use as a judge for a contest involving children? I hope they make sure Whoopi isn’t carrying any drugs or alcohol when she comes in to judge.
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