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Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
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lugnet.mediawatch
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Date:
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Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:28:07 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Brian Davis wrote:
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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.
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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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| (...) 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)
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