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  • CHa0s replied to the topic I saw it on the ‘net in the forum General Discussion 12 years, 8 months ago

    Ok, this one goes borderline to content I usually avoid, preferring to shy away from causing offense and unnecessary drama, but I gotta say: This is just silly.

    Lego accused of racism because of the shape of Jabba the Hutt’s palace

    You can call Jabba the Hutt a lot of things (gross, lazy, terrible to sit next to on an airplane), but calling him racist might be a stretch. Austria’s Turkish community wants an apology from Lego, accusing the company of using Istanbul’s famous Hagia Sophia mosque as a model for Jabba’s Palace in one of its Star Wars-themed sets. The Turkish Cultural Community of Austria referred to Jabba himself as a “terrorist” and complained that “the whole scene smacks of racial prejudice and vulgar insinuations against Asians and Orientals as people with … criminal personalities.” A Lego spokesperson politely reminded them that the set was based solely on the “fictional content of the Star Wars saga.”

    Source: http://now.msn.com/lego-accused-of-racism-over-jabba-the-hutt-palace

    Now, I can see resemblance of two architectural features between the mosque and Jabba’s “Hut” (har har), but saying the one is representing the other is like saying someone copied a song just because it has a couple of the same notes. There are only so many notes!! There are only so many architectural features one can play with when designing fictitional establishments!

    Here is the mosque:



    On a side note: Did you realize fictitional isn’t “officially” a word? My bet is it’ll make it into the dictionary eventually. Until then, I’ll just act as if
    ;)

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