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Re: Thoughts on the UN "Racist" poster?
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Date: 
Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:59:56 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
   I’m wondering what other LEGO enthusiasts think of this poster from the UN about racism. I’m having a hard time thinking it’s coincidental that the symbol they chose for “odd man out” is a LEGO brick, given the recent cartoon controversy.

Kelly

I’m kinda baffled by the symbology.

I don’t know about anyone else, but when I’m trying to solve a jigsaw puzzle, I’m not gonna try to use a Lego brick to do it. If that makes me a racist, then so be it.

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  Thoughts on the UN "Racist" poster?
 
I'm wondering what other LEGO enthusiasts think of (URL) this poster from the UN> about racism. I'm having a hard time thinking it's coincidental that the symbol they chose for "odd man out" is a LEGO brick, given the recent cartoon controversy. (...) (19 years ago, 21-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)

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