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Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
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lugnet.mediawatch
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Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:59:06 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Thomas Main wrote:
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”...minorities are often stereotyped.”
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The place this is most evident is the releasing of the NBA sets with black
figures. I know these represent real people and that is why the decision was
made - but it ruined the idea that yellow could represent people of color.
Now we have brown heads for NBA players and one themed set, I believe. I
loved a recent MOC that used the NBA players as pirates, but this was
unofficial. So, yes, as a company, Lego has stereotyped the brown heads as
basketball players and nothing else.
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Well we do have a brown head in Star Wars sets for Lando and they are used in
the new Spider Man sets as well, so they have broken way from just the NBA sets.
But I do understand your point.
jt
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) I think the official line is that anytime something is licensed, then the flesh-colored figures can be used. If you look at the Ferrari sets, the crew is yellow, but Barichello and Shumacher are flesh-colored. Spider-Man, Harry Potter, and (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| (...) Actually, I think there are some good issues that are raised in this article. (...) There is some validity to the argument that yellow more closely represents light-skinned people. The author oversteps by calling it "Aryan yellow" to be sure, (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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