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Re: who's feelin the black pack?
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lugnet.starwars
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Sun, 6 Aug 2000 22:59:11 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Damien Nesbit writes:
> I know that this thread is old, but i haven't had the chance to comment on it
> until now.
> If lego ever released a yellow lando, it would be a huge slap in the face to
> every black hero ever and I'd definitely get Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and
> the NAACP involved in the struggle to get lego to wake up and join the rest of
> us in the integrated real world.arguments that lego "is just a toy" do not
> hold up against this issue. if barbie can have african incarnations, why not
> minifigs? why not make chewbacca blue? or c-3po green? why not make the
> millennium falcoln pink? darth maul, his facial tattoos are unimportant, I'm
> sure he'd appear just as menacing as an old-school smiley-face minifig.
> pardon my abrasive comment, but get your head out of your sphincter. A yellow
> lando, indeed!
Would that be a slap in the face with a WHITE glove. All those people would
love this cause, it puts them back in the spotlight. Without controversy they
have no jobs.
Yes it is true, Lego is just a toy. That is why Orientals are NOT upset
about the ninja line being yellow or the tribes from the south pacific are NOT
upset about the Islanders line or even the color of Indians are NOT a
controversy. As for Barbie, sorry different toy line different practices.
> P.S. I'm in full agreement with those of you out there that think this issue
> comes up too often and that it should be put to rest. Lego should just start
> making black minifigs and that'd be the end of it. The fact of the matter is
> that they should have never hesitated to manufacture black minifigs and
> avoided this controversy altogether.
Lego had a good idea about the color of all minifigures being the same. To
me all people white, black, or whatever should do the same.
Thanks,
Gerry
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| O.k., O.k., I agree, poor chice of politicians to name on my part. But why is it so hard to convince the lugnet community of the politicization of toys? If lego toys are as some say, no more than toys, somebody needs to clarify for me why they (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: who's feelin the black pack?
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| I know that this thread is old, but i haven't had the chance to comment on it until now. If lego ever released a yellow lando, it would be a huge slap in the face to every black hero ever and I'd definitely get Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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