Re: Star Wars Racist?

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Nah...

JaJa Binx wasn't American black, he was more Jamaican or Haitian.  How
could you possibly mistake that?  But his whole society spoke that way --
including the Leader figure.

The two overtly black figures were a Jedi master and the captain of the
queen's guard (I think he was a captain, he may have been a general). 
They were both respectable characters.

But otherwise, yes, the movie employed stock characters that American
audiences would be familiar with.  I mean, the two headed announcer for
the pod race -- that WHOLE THING was inspired by NASCAR racing, "I don't
care what galaxy you're from, that hurts" :)  Not to mention American
idioms that seemed terribly out of place.

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  

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