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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.
> >
> > 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.
Bruce
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