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In lugnet.mediawatch, Rob Antonishen wrote:
Its always enlightening just how blind people can be. Either that author from
my POV, or me from the POV of the author. Wow. Are we *sure* this isnt satire?
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One look at a childs Lego village will show the companys disdain for an
integrated society.
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Yes, he mentions that all the LEGO minifigs are aryan yellow. Now *thats* a
new one to me - is that one of the official Crayola colors?
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...minorities are often stereotyped.
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Yet he praises the fact that there are now black minifigs in the NBA sets. And
doesnt, evidently, see this as stereotyping.
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Instead of addressing the contrasting themes, it chooses to ignore them.
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Which the author *seems* to imply is a good thing. Sigh...
Im still trying to convince my son that boys can be pilots too - his first
LEGO plane had a female pilot, and from that point on all the pilots or drivers
of his vehicals have always been female. This includes almost any sumobot I
build (Ben gets to pick the drivers, I just build the hardware). Yes, curse LEGO
for their racist, sexist views that are spoiling the next generation... excuse
me, my book fire needs tending.
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Brian Davis
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Brian Davis wrote:
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Rob Antonishen wrote:
Its always enlightening just how blind people can be. Either that author
from my POV, or me from the POV of the author. Wow. Are we *sure* this isnt
satire?
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One look at a childs Lego village will show the companys disdain for an
integrated society.
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Yes, he mentions that all the LEGO minifigs are aryan yellow. Now *thats*
a new one to me - is that one of the official Crayola colors?
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...minorities are often stereotyped.
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Yet he praises the fact that there are now black minifigs in the NBA sets.
And doesnt, evidently, see this as stereotyping.
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Instead of addressing the contrasting themes, it chooses to ignore them.
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Which the author *seems* to imply is a good thing. Sigh...
Im still trying to convince my son that boys can be pilots too - his
first LEGO plane had a female pilot, and from that point on all the pilots or
drivers of his vehicals have always been female. This includes almost any
sumobot I build (Ben gets to pick the drivers, I just build the hardware).
Yes, curse LEGO for their racist, sexist views that are spoiling the next
generation... excuse me, my book fire needs tending.
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Brian, go get him an Alpha Team iceblade--Dash (male) is the pilot. Same with
the Police helicopter..
-Scott
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