Blog Islamic Group Accuses LEGO of Peddling Racist & Discriminatory Star Wars Playset Share This Post Politics Islamic Group Accuses LEGO of Peddling Racist & Discriminatory Star Wars Playset By redkudzu_admin on January 23rd 2013 No Comments / 167 views Before we get into the meat of this story, let’s play a game of “Spot the Supposedly Racist and Discriminatory Undertones in This LEGO Star Wars Playset”: No, really, take a good look at it. Notice anything wrong? No? Well, even if you didn’t, members of a Turkish community in Austria say they did: They claim the playset is an unflattering reference to Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul’s most revered mosques. “Austria’s Turkish community said the model was based on Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul and that the accompanying figures depicted Asians and Orientals as people with ‘deceitful and criminal personalities,’” The Telegraph reports. Read more… Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Login with: Continue with Facebook Continue with Google Continue with Twitter Foreign Share This Post redkudzu_admin The goal of this site is to give information. Whether from national sites or locally in Georgia. Related Articles NEW TED CRUZ AD: I fought the United Nations and WON! June 13th 2016 Obama: We can’t kill terrorists who murder innocents, suggests jobs program February 22nd 2015 The Myth of Chinese Super Schools November 20th 2014