Google Doodle = Racism?

Looking at the Google Doodle on August 7, 2012, commemorating the track and field event of the hurdles, I began to wonder if I was seeing some hidden racism in it's image. Look at the screen capture above and tell me if the runner that you're looking at who is depicted as African-American is standing on a track that appears to be a little reminiscent of a slice of watermelon? Is it just me, or is there really some hidden racism going on in this image? Then of course there's the obvious tie that blacks are often considered faster runners than non-blacks. I'm not sure if the person who created this doodle actually meant to inject some racism into this image, or if their choice of color palette was just unfortunate.

It's a beautiful day in the fiberhood...

Is everyone out there as excited about Google Fiber as I am? I hope so, because I think that Google can make a huge difference in how we access the internet, and the entire world. I'm sick of the monopoly that the ISP's in this country have had on the internet and Media giants like Comcast and Time Warner on the media that we watch. I see Google Fiber as a fresh start that can change the way we receive our content, and here's what I'm hoping... I unfortunately don't live in the Kansas Cities, so I imagine it's going to be a little while before I have a chance to see Google Fiber myself. I am however a FIOS customer, which is a fiber network. Now, your guess is as good as mine as to who really owns FIOS. Verizon was when I got it, then they claimed they were getting out of landline internet and sold it to Frontier. Then Frontier dropped the TV portion of it and sold everyone out to Dish network. Now, Frontier is advertising packages again including television, and their commercials always have a blurb at the end that claim they're owned by Verizon!! What the Hell is going on here, anyway? All I know is that I cut the cable on the TV portion of my package and while the internet is decent, it's certainly not as fast as Google is promising, which means that Frontier, or whoever, is actually throttling my speed to something much slower than it could be, since I'm on the exact same type of fiber network that Google is going to be running. My hope is that Google will get a huge response in Kansas City, and they'll make an offer to whoever it is that actually owns FIOS to buy it and thereby become the biggest fiber network provider out there! I'd sign on with Googles $120 a month plan in a New York minute! Could something like this happen? Your guess is as good as mine. It'd be a smart move by Google though, all those FIOS customers out there sitting at the end of a perfectly good fiber optic network, yet receiving end results that are little better than DSL, simply because the folks at FIOS know they're the only game in town and they don't have to provide the fantastic sounding services that Google is claiming to be bringing to the table. I'll be watching Kansas City with great interest and hoping against hope that Google will be bringing me their fantastic service as well!