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Re: Dear mr lucas...
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lugnet.starwars
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Thu, 6 Jul 2000 01:22:42 GMT
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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????
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> 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.
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> Repeat after me...they are just toys, they are just toys, they are just
> toys.
C
Chris,
I just wanted you to know that that was the most awesome post I have ever
read. While I was reading it I heard several people humming America the
Beautiful in the background. Excuse me, I need to wipe a tear from my eye.
If more people shared this value that color does not matter the World would be
a much better place. Whether it is Whites complaining about Blacks or Blacks
complaining about Whites it is just plain wrong. Just please leave it out of
a child's toy.
If only God had Legos before he created the world.
Gerry
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| I agree on the race issue, however Lego has made some "people" of different ethnicities. There's a "black" duplo guy. I've also seen, on more than one occasion, a "large minifig" built out of regular Lego bricks, by Lego employees, that was "black." (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| 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 (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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