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In lugnet.starwars, Chris Maddison writes:
> I was snooping through Brickset today, and came upon something. TLC has
> firmly taken a stand on the race issue, saying that they give children yellow
> heads and let them play with them however they want to. They say they don't
> take sides when it comes to race and ethnic background. But, I found these
> Duplo sets (5089, 5090, 5091) that are families from 1996. African-American,
> Asian, and Hispanic, respectively. So, if TLC has taken such a firm position
> on not making alternate colored heads for Lego Systems, why can Duplo slide
> by? I want a Lando fig, and Billy Dee Williams ain't yellow!
Do you realize how many problems Lego would have if they started making
non-yellow human minifigs? First, they'd have to stop making yellow minifigs
altogether. If they didn't, and let them slide as "caucasians", they'd be
opening themselves up to lawsuits from all over the world. Assuming they rid
themselves of yellow as a skin color, they would then have to create a "proper
distribution" of races in all themes. Of course, what would the "proper
distribution" be? After all, America has a different ethnic distribution than
Europe, Africa, or India. Also, what about all the variations in skin color?
Hopefully you can see that this is not feasible for a company like Lego to do.
They'd be opening themselves up to lawsuits and critisism from people the
world over.
Lego, Please stick with yellow as the universal human minifig color...
Jeff
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