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In lugnet.starwars, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Mike Petrucelli writes:
> > In lugnet.starwars, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > > In lugnet.starwars, Mike Petrucelli writes:
> > >
> > > (major snippage)
> > > > To restate
> > > > myself: no one cared that Han and Luke are yellow, why would they care if
> > > > Lando is yellow? All three are human. All healthy human mini-figs are
> > > > yellow. Why is this so difficult to grasp?
> > > >
> > > > -Lord Insanity
> > >
> > > It failed my "Emperors New Clothes" test. Emperor with non-existant clothes
> > > that no one wanted to admit weren't there, but a child pointed out weren't
> > > there?
> > >
> > > Okay, so I explain Lego's policy to my nine year old son, pointing out that • the
> > > standard yellow in Lego is meant to be any race because nobody (healthy) is
> > > actually bright yellow : pacific islander, european, asian and others. Did • he
> > > think of them as "white" after that? Yup. Dominant pale culture and the
> > > yellow is pale, I suppose, and I should note he is by no means in an • all-white
> > > environment. I suspect he thinks of them as non-black.
> >
> > I wonder if this has to do with The Simpson's. I belive that show totally
> > ruined TLC's concept of neutrality. Unfortunatly they aren't old enough to
> > know TLC was first.
>
> He doesn't watch the Simpsons. And this was before the current
> Butterfinger/Simpsons adds.
Oh?!
>
> > >
> > > These are just observations by the way, not particularly criticisms.
> >
> > Thanks. I find it very intriging and puzzeling. Who can argue the innocence
> > of a child. Tis a pity he sees it that way though.
> >
> > -Lord Insanity
>
> No, the ones to pity, as in the classic tale, are the adults. All my son has
> to do is look at me and then look at his mom, and figure what a yellow minifig
> is closer to. It's pretty easy. The key is not hue, but value (relative • light
> and dark, to use an artist's terms). Take a black and white photo of Lego, • and
> it will be clearer.
>
> I don't find it all that puzzling, because no one seems (almost literally
> beyond me) to have bothered to ask children how they play with and think about
> the minifigs. Let's be very honest, this is a Danish (pale people) selling to
> a largely european-descent market (pale people) who chose a pale color to
> represent people. I tend to view their explanation as one they thought of in
> retrospect, not beforehand. I'm not condemning Lego, but I'm not sure I • accept
> either their explanation or their policy. All-yellow seems pretty abstract to
> me...but that is as an adult.
I never recall thinking that lego people were 'white'. In a black and white
photo the tones do make sense though. I guess because I can rember never
making the association as a child myself, I was not expecting non-Simpson
watching kids to either. I guess adults are the ones to pity. Most likely a
child would otherwise never care anyway.
>
> Bruce
FYI: I am 20 and have an excellent memory so I can recall my childhood quite
well.
-Lord Insanity
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