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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 18:53:50 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, James Trobaugh wrote:
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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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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 Star Wars are all licensed products, just like Ferrari.
Now, I don’t know about Duplo...
But I’m of the personal belief that anybody can destroy anything if they want
to--people read what they want into anything if they are incensed enough.
Just look at what’s going on in Lee County, Florida...
-Scott Lyttle
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