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In lugnet.starwars, Thomas Weigle writes:
> > Here is the crux of the problem. The lack of diversity in minifigs IS a
> > political message.
>
> Well, is it really if we consider the target audience?
>
> I've said it before, I'll say it again: as long as the kids seem happy with
> the minifigs, as long as the kids are able to use their own imagination to
> bring diversity to the world of Lego as they perceive it, things are fine.
I've posted my experience on this a number of times: curiously there's rarely a
response. Wade through the latest (down around the middle):
http://news.lugnet.com/starwars/?n=8570
Basically, your supposing that kids apply all races to the figs rather than
perceiving them as NOT representing all races.
A political message has been sent REGARDLESS of the target audience.
>
> The overload of political messages in the world of children that we've seen
> over the course of the last decade or so is quite sad. The act of playing
> has been a means of understanding the world for centuries.
Part of that understanding is that people are NOT all the same in appearance.
To say they are all the same is a political statement. All minifigs being a
uniform tone and color is just as much a political statement as making a bunch
of different colors.
Please note that you could substitute "cultural" or "racial" for "political".
> Again: Luke is not yellow in the real world. Neither is Lando. If they're
> both in Legoland, is that "lack of diversity" a political message or simply
> a feature of Lego?
Luke (Mark Hamill) is pale. Lando (Billy Dee Williams) is not. Yellow is
pale.
As to the political message, your in denial. It's the crux of the problem.
>
> (For anyone trying to turn this into a political debate: don't waste your
> energy, there are far more important battles to fight. For anyone bothered
> with lack of realism: hey, get into modelling, or Hasbro/Kenner, or
> whatever. This is still Lego.)
But YOU have made it a political debate just as much as anyone.
Bruce
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