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Re: who's feelin the black pack?
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 8 Aug 2000 20:15:03 GMT
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Blah blah blah.
I'm an Asian-American--which means I'm "yellow." So his whole time, Lego
minifigs have been Asian-American. Right?
Give me a break. Unlike flesh, the ABS plastic used to make Lego is
specifically-colored--NOT gradients of other colors (secondary colors
notwithstanding). Yellow, black, white, pink, whatever. No *real* person
is "yellow," "black," "white," "red," or "brown." Yellow was probably a
relatively arbitrary choice for minifig "skin color." It could have just as
easily been black, white, pink.
ABS is NOT FLESH. Lego minifigs are NOT REAL PEOPLE. They live in LEGOLAND.
Any person trying to say that minifigs represent any particular group is
probably delving a little too much into the meaning of an imaginary world in
the hopes of playing the race card.
By the way, I'm not "yellow"--and I'm certainly not a minifig.
onedaycnn (sid)
http://onedaycnn.freeservers.com
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: who's feelin the black pack?
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| (...) No one here is suggesting that ABS is flesh or that minifigs are real people, but to assert that the Luke, Leia, Han, et al minifigs do not represent a particular group is flatly incorrect. Dave! (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: who's feelin the black pack?
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| (...) I've avoided commenting on this discussion (I'm pretty sure I have. I may have posted in RTL the first time it came up.) <sarcasm>After all, I'm a European-descended male from the States. I'm not allowed to have opinions on race.</sarcasm> My (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: who's feelin the black pack?
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| (...) Right on. I'd suggest they are delving in WAY too much. Suggesting that TLG make different coloured heads to represent "black heroes" in minifig form is imposing foolish Western Hemisphere PC politics upon a company based in a place that is (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | who's feelin the black pack?
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| This comes partially in reply to the thread of "dear mr. lucas" postings, and partially as a continuation of an opinion that I will continue to represent to the lugnet community and to TLG. Now that lego can make the faces of the minifigs with any (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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