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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 14:57:05 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Rob Antonishen wrote:
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?
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“One look at a child’s Lego village will show the company’s disdain for an
integrated society.”
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Yes, he mentions that all the LEGO minifigs are “aryan yellow”. Now *that’s* 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
doesn’t, 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...
I’m 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.
--
Brian Davis
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| Published in the DoG Street Journal, a student paper at the College of William and Mary: (URL) Some highlights are: "One look at a child’s Lego village will show the company’s disdain for an integrated society." "...minorities are often (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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