Lego racism? Turks in Austria say Lego's Jabba's Palace
set looks like a mosque. And Lego's Star Wars villian Jabba the Hut perpetuates
racism and prejudice toward Muslims among children who play with Legos, the
Christian Science Monitor reports.
Some Turks in Austria have lodged a formal
complaint over Lego's Jabba's Palace set, saying Lego is encouraging racial
prejudice and perpetuating negative images of Muslims.
The problem, apparently, is that the Jabba the Hut Lego
palace looks like a mosque. And not just any mosque, but Istanbul ’s
great Hagia Sophia, and another mosque in Beirut ,
Jami al-Kabir.
Read more at http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2013/0125/Lego-Racism-Muslim-Turks-complain-about-Jabba-the-Hut?nav=91-csm_category-leadStory
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