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   From: nobody@nowhere.com   
      
   On 7/17/2024 2:44 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >   moviePig  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 7/17/2024 10:43 AM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>> In article ,   
   >>>    Ubiquitous  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> In article , gmsingh@email.com wrote:   
   >>>>> On 7/15/24 9:29 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>>> Pluted Pup  wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 01:32:03 -0700, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Why the Term 'JEDI' Is Problematic for Describing Programs That   
   >>>>>>>> Promote Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> "The Jedi are inappropriate mascots for social justice. Although   
   >>>>>>> they're ostensibly heroes within the Star Wars universe, the Jedi   
   >>>>>>> are inappropriate symbols for justice work. They are a religious   
   >>>>>>> order of intergalactic police-monks, prone to (white) saviorism   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> How are they white saviors when most of them aren't even human, and of   
   >>>>>> the humans, plenty of them are non-white?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> More lies from the resident sack of shit. There was exactly one token   
   >>>>> black dude in Lucas's universe until you sold out to Disney and the DEI   
   >>>>> version came along.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Get back to us when you learn how to count past one.   
   >>>   
   >>> No shit. Hutt seems to rejoice in being publicly wrong about everything.   
   >>>   
   >>> I can think of three major black characters in Lucas's universe just off   
   >>> the top of my head without even needing to go back and look at the films:   
   >>>   
   >>> Finn   
   >>> Lando Calrissian   
   >>> Mace Windu   
   >>>   
   >>> And for some reason the grievance mongers seem to count Darth Vader as a   
   >>> black guy for purposes of complaining that the only black character in   
   >>> the original film was a villain. Apparently these lackbrains think that   
   >>> wearing black clothing makes someone a black person.   
   >>   
   >> Well, that and the actor who voiced him. Not much else to go on...   
   >   
   > The actor who played him on screen was white and, most importantly,   
   > within the story, the character is a white guy. One's race isn't defined   
   > by the color of one's life support system.   
      
   Just one's politics, I suppose.   
      
      
   >   
   >> (And it *is* arguably true that he's in black *because* he's a villain.)   
   >   
   > There are a lot of STAR WARS villains-- Wilhuff Tarkin, for example, who   
   > murdered 5 billion people on Alderaan-- who didn't wear black.   
      
   Pale wannabes without that sonorous life support system...   
      
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