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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.
>
> 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
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