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Re: Thoughts on the (pre EpII) 2002 range
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 13 Nov 2001 04:41:44 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, A. Mark Wilburn writes:
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> > ... too bad Harry Potter didn't force their
> > hand at all, with no ethnic diversity).
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> Actually, Harry Potter does have (some) ethnic diversity. Just not in the
> major characters. If everyone in the movie is white, there's a problem.
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> But I doubt we'll see any minifigs of the non-white characters, unless they
> release a "Gryffindor Quidditch Team" set, or something. Even then, they'll
> probably stick with yellow minifigs.
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> Steve
I am quite confused. Why is it that most people think it is okay for 'white'
people to be made yellow but not 'black' people? I personally belive either
everyone should be proper flesh tones or everyone should be yellow. Why is it
okay for a double standard?
-Mike Petrucelli (who was hoping SW would have had flesh tone figs from the
get go. they made them yellow though so everyone should be yellow. no double
standards.)
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| (...) I agree. But, take for example… The Simpson’s White people are Yellow. Black people are black. I guess yellow is just taken as an extension of white. A brighter more vivid color for children to respond to. Perhaps white peoples color (Pink, (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) I dunno. I'm with you, actually. And I lean heavily toward the 'everyone should be yellow' end of things. But I think some people would raise a fuss if a 'black' character was released as a yellow minifig, because they don't see things the way (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Thoughts on the (pre EpII) 2002 range
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| (...) Actually, Harry Potter does have (some) ethnic diversity. Just not in the major characters. If everyone in the movie is white, there's a problem. But I doubt we'll see any minifigs of the non-white characters, unless they release a "Gryffindor (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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