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People are pointing out a painfully obvious problem with this tweet about diversity

Picture: Frederick M. Brown/Getty
Picture: Frederick M. Brown/Getty

There’s nothing worse than suffering from an awkward moment on social media, where everyone and their aunt can witness it.

And sadly that’s exactly what happened to the Executive Editor of the Huffington PostLiz Heron on Friday when she tweeted the following:

Notice anything about this Huffington Post editors meeting?

The answer was supposed to be, that they're all women.

However, the internet quickly noticed something glaringly obvious, and it sort of overshadowed the 'women power' element of the tweet:

While Twitter users have pointed out two or three ethnic minorities sitting towards the back, the picture is nevertheless, painfully racially homogeneous.

Um. Better luck next time?

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