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this is the most insane recurring argument and I'll never understand it. sure that's how The Simpsons works, but that's not how LEGO works, so that argument get
by adamrezich 4y ago
this is the most insane recurring argument and I'll never understand it. sure that's how The Simpsons works, but that's not how LEGO works, so that argument gets canceled out. then you look at the yellow smiley face iconography that I'm sure has cultural roots somewhere but was universally used to specifically express universality—back when WAL*MART used it as their logo, were they specifically trying to market to white people, at the exclusion of all others??
then you take the history of emoji into account and you see that that doesn't really work as an explanation at all. it's like you (and everyone else who makes this inane argument) are trying to make something that's not white-people-centric, white-people-centric, just so you can complain about it being white-people-centric.
- twelvechairs 4y ago> that's not how LEGO works It is how Lego originated. See discussion at [0]. Early on they had a limited palette and would use yellow for caucasians and asians and at times used black for POC and red for native americans. The time where everything was yellow is also quite limited - and there was pushback from non-cacuasians until they were forced to include skin colours in NBA sets. [0] https://www.quora.com/Why-do-LEGO-minifigures-have-yellow-heads?share=1 https://www.quora.com/Why-do-LEGO-minifigures-have-yellow-he...
- adamrezich 4y ago> The time where everything was yellow is also quite limited 1978-2003 is hardly a limited timespan in the history of LEGO! > and there was pushback from non-cacuasians until they were forced to include skin colours in NBA sets. right, because this is when they decided to make minifigs look like real people, instead of imaginary, race-neutral-ish, yellow people, once they got into licensing the appearance of real people for their minifigs!