LEGO's Jabba's Palace, Star Wars, and accusations of racism

[BrickG]

Since someone bumped this and I'm bored...

I've never thought of Jar Jar as "black stereotype"... didn't know that's a thing and frankly think it's racist to suggest it's racist because looking for racism where it clearly isn't is freakin' insane and racist all itself.

[TheRedGuy]

The "Jar-Jar = Black guy" accusation is just as absurd as the Jabba's palace thing, if not more. Jar-Jar only represents a mentally ill person at most.

Racism is nearly dead, folks. The only reason it lingers around in some places is because of the people that accuse of racism.

Edited January 31, 2014 by TheRedGuy

[Clone OPatra]

Racism is nearly dead, folks. The only reason it lingers around in some places is because of the people that accuse of racism.

Please don't get into political discussions, which this is very heavily leaning towards. EB isn't the place for it.

Thanks.

[BrickG]

Jabbas Palace doesn't seem to have disappeared any quicker than normal. I think Lego's earlier stop for that set was based only on the sales.

Racism is nearly dead, folks. The only reason it lingers around in some places is because of the people that accuse of racism.

No way. That's a ridiculous statement. Especially the second sentence. I've seen racism so much it's ridiculous. I've suffered from it maybe only twice in my life though because I'm a (mostly) white guy and both times were minor. But my friends that are black, hispanic, etc I see them suffer from racism pretty darned regularly and I live in one of the least racist places in the world. It's ignorant to suggest that racism is nearly dead except for the accusations of racism, completely and utterly. It's rampant in some parts of the world and even in the less racist places like the US it's still clearly around.

I will say places like the US are a lot less racist than they used to be, but we still have a long way to go. There's still plenty of racism. It's just getting a bit harder to see for a lot of people. But trust me, most minorities even around the least racist places in the world (which the US in studies has been shown to be among the least racist places) still often suffer from forms of racism against the.

Oh and an observation when I went to the UK. They've got this odd (for an American like me) white on white racism that I found kind of strange. :P

[TheRedGuy]

No way. That's a ridiculous statement. Especially the second sentence. I've seen racism so much it's ridiculous. I've suffered from it maybe only twice in my life though because I'm a (mostly) white guy and both times were minor. But my friends that are black, hispanic, etc I see them suffer from racism pretty darned regularly and I live in one of the least racist places in the world. It's ignorant to suggest that racism is nearly dead except for the accusations of racism, completely and utterly. It's rampant in some parts of the world and even in the less racist places like the US it's still clearly around.

I will say places like the US are a lot less racist than they used to be, but we still have a long way to go. There's still plenty of racism. It's just getting a bit harder to see for a lot of people. But trust me, most minorities even around the least racist places in the world (which the US in studies has been shown to be among the least racist places) still often suffer from forms of racism against the.

Oh and an observation when I went to the UK. They've got this odd (for an American like me) white on white racism that I found kind of strange. :P

I'm pretty sure I said nearly, but maybe you are right. The only instances of racism I've seen come from the media, so I assumed it's rare.

[Rick]

As Clone O'Patra already said and as indicated in the Site Guidelines, Eurobricks is not the place for political discussions.