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Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
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Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:37:39 GMT
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Published in the DoG Street Journal, a student paper at the College of William
and Mary:
http://www.dogstreetjournal.com/story/2282
Some highlights are:
“One look at a child’s Lego village will show the company’s disdain for an
integrated society.”
”...minorities are often stereotyped.”
“Such racial profiling is appalling...”
“Instead of addressing the contrasting themes, it chooses to ignore them.”
-Rob A>
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 | | Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
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| (...) It's 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 isn't satire? (...) Yes, he mentions that all the LEGO minifigs are "aryan yellow". Now *that's* a (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
| | | Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
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| (...) The column has some good points. Too bad it suffers from lazy journalism. Like describing traditional minifigs as "aryan yellow". Aryan. Yellow. Yeah, right. And the columnist missed out on some other good discussion points: 1. Lego has (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
| | | Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
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| (...) Holy s***. Youve got to be kidding. I KNEW this would happen eventually, what with the introduction of the flesh figs. But to think they'd target the themes themselves is really weird. Now, I don't know the half of set designing, but I suspect (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
| | | Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
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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, (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
| | | Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
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| (...) To be honest, I was most upset by the title. Boycott? The article didn't even call for a boycott. Nor do I think that the article's voracity warranted one even in the eyes of the author. It seemed like the title was just meant to be attention (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
| | | Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
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| (...) Hm...well, first off, I think this guy Dan gots issues. 1) He didn't do enough research to know how to say "Lego"..ie. "Legos"... 2) "Aryan Yellow"...that's a leap of faith. White folks are no more yellow than black/African-American folks are (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
| | | Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
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| (...) Wow. yet another poor, deluded schmoo in need of a life. I feel sorry for this fellow. I mean one has to have a pretty lousy outlook on life to be spending it trying to find racism in the commercial world and stil manage to miss so blatantly. (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
| | | Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
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| (...) Wow, Just wow. The author of the paper didn't do much research, that's for sure! Aryan yellow? LOL! I'm not the biggest fan of LEGO since You-Know-What-Issue-...ing-About, but to call LEGO racist is way off target. LEGO does have some issues (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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