Re: Star Wars Racist?

jason varsoke (jjv@caesun.msd.ray.com)
Mon, 02 Aug 1999 09:30:24 -0400 (EDT)

On Sat, 31 Jul 1999 JediMars@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 7/31/99 10:23:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> jrovira@juno.com writes:
> 
> << My question is...how is it that the depiction of these stock characters
>  are somehow inherently racist?  I mean, I KNOW people that talk soemthing
>  like JaJa Binx.
>  
>  Jim  
>   >>
> 
> 
> jar jar was a really dumb character in the movie.. and he also had the 
> jamaican accent... so it seemed like lucas was being racist by making it out 
> that jamaicans are slow and stupid...

  Many people argue that because you see a few Japanese walking around
with four cameras on their vacation, you should not make the stereotype
that all Japanese are photomongers.  Similarly, because one black man robs
your house does not mean all black men are thieves.  Yet for some reason
having one character who is jamaican and a buffoon means that the author
is claiming all jamaicans are buffoons.

-j