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Re: A couple stupid SW questions...
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 13 Jun 2000 16:44:50 GMT
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> What bothers me isn't the presence or absence of racial issues in Star Wars
> (which were so roundly criticized), but rather the fact that the Taco Bell
> dog, a spokesdog for some Star Wars merchandise, has spoken in a stereotypical
> "Mexican" accent, and no one complained at all! Why the double standard!?
I think you must have missed but that dog has been roundly critisized by the
Mexican American community. They have repeatedly asked for the adds to be
pulled and Taco Bell keeps coming back with some other lame excuse as to why
the dog is not going to be pulled.
Problem is the National news doesn't generally cover stories like this on a
regular basis because they arn't "Mainstream" enough. Its all far to
contriversial for my tastes and I don't have a good understanding of all the
issues but rest assured that little Dog has been criticized repeatedly.
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
View My Creations at:
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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| (...) I read that the Nemoidians were criticized for sounding too "middle eastern," which I didn't perceive at all. From the first time I heard JarJar, though, I couldn't help seeing decades-old stereotypes of the finest step-and- (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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