7 April, 2011 19:52

I think it is really interesting that National Geographic used the image of the girl to market themselves. The image soon became associated not with the girl’s story, her age, her religion, but with the magazine. When the magazine went back to look for her and found her, they asked a doctor to confirm it was really the girl in the photograph. The ophthalmologist confirmed it was her and told them they had found the "holy grail." Even after that though, they had someone from the FBI do a retinal scan, using the same technology they use to find terrorists. We must find a way to look at other people, that enables us to see people as strange in the way that we are strange. I think this is a really interesting idea because it would help us overcome any stereotypes and judgment.