Subject:
|
Re: Dear mr lucas...
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.starwars
|
Date:
|
Wed, 5 Jul 2000 21:47:37 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
1526 times
|
| |
|
|
See the following. I agree heartily. Who really cares anyway? If it means that
much to you, paint them yourself.
In lugnet.starwars, Chris Norman writes:
> I would like to ask everyone a question. When was the last time you saw a
> yellow human being? I have seen some WHITE white people, and some very dark
> black people (yes black, because everyone who is black is not African
> American), but I have never EVER seen a person who was even CLOSE to being
> as yellow as a mini-fig is. So, how is this a race issue? Why would it cause
> such an uproar if TLG brought out a Lando that had a yellow face? It is not
> really supposed to represent lando (like a Hasbro action figure would),
> because he would be the same height as Luke, Leia, Han and Vader, and the
> last time I looked, they were all different heights in the movies. It is
> pretend!!! Minifigs do not even have fingers, or knees, or ears... but you
> want them to be black or white????
>
> So let the little yellow guys/gals be. They are happy being brought to life
> by children's imagination, and not forced into the morass that is or is not
> political correctness.
>
> Repeat after me...they are just toys, they are just toys, they are just
> toys.
>
> Chris
>
> > From: "David Simmons" <alienbuz@concentric.net>
> > Organization: Hedonists, Inc.
> > Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 18:18:48 GMT
> > To: lugnet.starwars@lugnet.com
> > Subject: Re: Dear mr lucas...
> >
> > If they've been able to avoid with the number of sets from all four films up
> > to this point without including an African-American or otherwise ethnic
> > minifig and still have the enormous success these sets have had, I don't see
> > them taking any risks and screwing with something that works very well for
> > them financially. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." You've got to look at
> > their bottom line from their perspective.
> >
> > BTW, I would love to see TLG make a change in this area, but as long as they
> > don't I say, "make your own!"
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > Jonathan Wilson <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:3963490A.C539CA10@tpgi.com.au...
> > > ...Please put a dark skinned actor in an important role in episode 2,
> > > then TLG wont be able to avoid the race question.
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: Dear mr lucas...
|
| I would like to ask everyone a question. When was the last time you saw a yellow human being? I have seen some WHITE white people, and some very dark black people (yes black, because everyone who is black is not African American), but I have never (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
|
10 Messages in This Thread:
  
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
