Lego Accused Of Racism Over Star Wars Jabba's Palace Set
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Some Turkish leaders are offended by a Lego Star Wars set, claiming it resembles a famous mosque.
The Turkish Cultural Community of Austria said in a statement that a Lego set of Jabba's Palace from the Star Wars series is racist because it appears to closely resemble the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, the Jami al-Kabir mosque in Beirut and a minaret and therefore reinforces negative stereotypes about the Middle East, according to the Austrian Times. The statement threatened legal action against Lego if it does not withdraw the toys.
"The terrorist Jabba the Hutt likes to smoke a ? and have his victims killed," a statement on their website reads, according to the Telegraph. The statement also claims that the characters look sinister and do evil things, such as keep slaves and commit murder.
(Scroll down for a picture of the Lego set)
Lego denies the charges. "The Lego Star Wars product Jabba's Palace does not reflect any actually existing buildings, people, or the mentioned mosque," Katharina Sasse, a spokesperson for Lego, told the Telegraph.
Star Wars has been accused of racism before. Some claimed that George Lucas' 1999 movie Star Wars: The Phantom Menace was racist because some of its villains seemed to reinforce Asian stereotypes.
Jabba the Hutt, for the uninitiated, is one of Star Wars' villains. He kept Han Solo frozen, tried to ? Luke Skywalker and, for a time, kept Princess Leia as his slave (fans will never forget her gold bikini). Luke and his allies ultimately freed Han Solo and Princess Leia and killed Jabba and his minions.
This is not Lego's first brush with racism accusations either. The artist Chris McVeigh claimed in 2010 that almost all non-white Lego faces scowl, according to Wired. The Wired article claims that Lego's toy sets based on Hollywood movies also highlight the racism already apparent in Hollywood casting.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/lego-racism-star-wars_n_2541369.html
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The Turkish Cultural Community of Austria said in a statement that a Lego set of Jabba's Palace from the Star Wars series is racist because it appears to closely resemble the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, the Jami al-Kabir mosque in Beirut and a minaret and therefore reinforces negative stereotypes about the Middle East, according to the Austrian Times. The statement threatened legal action against Lego if it does not withdraw the toys.
"The terrorist Jabba the Hutt likes to smoke a ? and have his victims killed," a statement on their website reads, according to the Telegraph. The statement also claims that the characters look sinister and do evil things, such as keep slaves and commit murder.
(Scroll down for a picture of the Lego set)
Lego denies the charges. "The Lego Star Wars product Jabba's Palace does not reflect any actually existing buildings, people, or the mentioned mosque," Katharina Sasse, a spokesperson for Lego, told the Telegraph.
Star Wars has been accused of racism before. Some claimed that George Lucas' 1999 movie Star Wars: The Phantom Menace was racist because some of its villains seemed to reinforce Asian stereotypes.
Jabba the Hutt, for the uninitiated, is one of Star Wars' villains. He kept Han Solo frozen, tried to ? Luke Skywalker and, for a time, kept Princess Leia as his slave (fans will never forget her gold bikini). Luke and his allies ultimately freed Han Solo and Princess Leia and killed Jabba and his minions.
This is not Lego's first brush with racism accusations either. The artist Chris McVeigh claimed in 2010 that almost all non-white Lego faces scowl, according to Wired. The Wired article claims that Lego's toy sets based on Hollywood movies also highlight the racism already apparent in Hollywood casting.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/lego-racism-star-wars_n_2541369.html
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smh they lost for trying to do this now when this character was made 30 years ago
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That's some hillarious ? right there, Lucas built a time machine? He must have or was it Disney, Isner might have had one and did it while he was CEO. Or we can just blame Finland, Canada gets blamed enough.
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ghostf4cekilla wrote: »The terrorist Jabba the Hutt likes to smoke a ? and have his victims killed"
So Intergalactic gangsters are now considered terrorist to? -
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see, this is why I don't respect organized religion.
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scottie pimpin' wrote: »see, this is why I don't respect organized religion.
article had nothing to do with religion tho
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A mosque sometimes spelled mosk, is a place of worship for followers of Islam.ghostf4cekilla wrote: »scottie pimpin' wrote: »see, this is why I don't respect organized religion.
article had nothing to do with religion tho
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Right_Wight wrote: »That's some hillarious ? right there, Lucas built a time machine? He must have or was it Disney, Isner might have had one and did it while he was CEO. Or we can just blame Finland, Canada gets blamed enough.
y finland doe? lego is from denmark -
Nobody is making them buy it
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^^^ you can't reason with totalitarianists.
Reminds me of the PTC (Parents Television Council). I say the same thing to the PTC. They want to ban all media that they deem "indecent." Yet nobody is making them or their kids watch Family Guy or listen to Rihanna. What they can do however is change the channel or at least do some parenting. But people like that only want others to change for their convenience. -
A mosque sometimes spelled mosk, is a place of worship for followers of Islam.ghostf4cekilla wrote: »scottie pimpin' wrote: »see, this is why I don't respect organized religion.
article had nothing to do with religion tho
over looked that point taken
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