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Re: who's feelin the black pack?
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lugnet.starwars
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Mon, 7 Aug 2000 18:05:44 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Christopher Lannan writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Damien Nesbit writes:
> > 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
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> Well then, should "white" folks view the release of a yellow skinned Luke,
> Han, etc. as a slap in the face? I have never, ever seen a yellow person
> (except for the time I had a VERY bad fever and became jaundiced). How dare
> they portray the caucasian race as YELLOW. I don't think the 'figs are
> supposed to be "white" or "black" or anything but wee little LEGO people. Was
> LEGO saying when they released Native Americans that Native Americans are the
> same shade of skin as "white" folks? Are Pacific rim islanders and Asians the
> same in skin tone as caucasians? Nope.
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> I guess the whole point is is that Han and Luke are as yellow in the movies as
> Lando is.
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> Chris
Depends on whether you key on hue or value. Hue (color) is abstract for Lego -
no one is bright yellow, so why can't that be a neutral color for everyone?
Because of value (relative light and dark). Lego yellow is pale - and held
next to a Danish designer's skin, is probably not far off when considered on a
gray scale (kinda pale for a California tan during summer for me, but that's
being picky, I suppose). So we get the opinion from pale people that pale
yellow is okay, but from dark skinned people that pale yellow is not so
okay.
Basically, Lego has made a can of worms for itself and there's no good way
out. Personally, I don't believe there will be a Lando minifig.
Bruce
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| (...) - (...) Not at all... in fact you've hit the nail right on the head as far as I'm concerned about the entire race question. What you call "value" is more acurately termed (in this discussion anyway) skin albeido. That is, the level of light (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Well then, should "white" folks view the release of a yellow skinned Luke, Han, etc. as a slap in the face? I have never, ever seen a yellow person (except for the time I had a VERY bad fever and became jaundiced). How dare they portray the (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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