What Race is a LEGO Minifig?

WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE  LEGO says yellow represents every person. LEGO fans of color disagree. On this episode, a deep dive into the origins of the “yellow everyman” and the consequences that’s had on the LEGO fandom. Today’s guests are numerous and wide-ranging, from philosophers to LEGO Masters contestants. In order of appearance: Randall Wilson - LEGO Masters Contestant and Brick Artist Wes Royer - founder of BLACKLUG Levi Knighten - LEGO fan and writer Roy T. Cook - Professor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota Corey D. Samuels - LEGO Masters Contestant and LEGO STEM Teacher Christine “Tacos” Blandino - LEGO Masters Contestant and LEGO STEM Teacher This episode is the culmination of months of work, research, and feedback - not just from those six guests. I want to shout-out a few others for working with me on this episode: Harrison White BrickContractor brick5cape Syreeta Gates Jerry Shannon Olivia Sheane (my girlfriend!) If you’re a Clutch Power supporter, you get a bonus act between Parts 2 and 3 called “The Yellow Option”, where I jump back to 2015 when LEGO’s “yellow minifig myth” was stretched to its limits. I also talk to LEGO fans of color who do use the yellow minifig to represent them. It’s $2 / month to become a Patron, and you’ll get bonus content + a MOC for every episode! Join the Patreon! Sources: Hollywood’s Racism Exposed…by LEGO (Wired) Everything is Racist (Wyatt Cenac) Why are Emojis Yellow? (Lily Alexandre) The Smiley Face was Invented for Corporate America (Smithsonian Channel) The Yellow LEGO Minifigure. Is it Black is it White? View from the kids eye. (Iceberg Bricks) Inside the AC360 doll study (CNN) The First and Last Time I Experienced Racism (Grindr) People Tell The Stories Of The First Time They Experienced Racism! (Yours Truly) BILLY DEE WILLIAMS: Lando’s Significance to Star Wars, Chemistry with Diana Ross & Innate Smoothness (Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum) George Lucas talks STAR WARS, Coppola, gender/race + more from Cannes 2024 (That Shelf) LEGO Booth Comic-Con 2015 (TrolleyTimeSD) San Diego Comic-Con 2015: LEGO Booth Tour (GamesRadar) DC & Lego Steal the Show at Comic-Con 2015! (fanlalatv) Tested Goes to Comic-Con 2015! (Adam Savage’s Tested) Billy Dee Williams • Interview (Star Wars/Lando Calrissian) • 1980 (Reelin’ In The Years Archive) All music by Nihilore (www.nihilore.com): They Walked Into the Arms of Time Alter Ego Shape of a Gun 20100320.slide.projector.wav (cleaned) by dav0r -- https://freesound.org/s/500413/ -- License: Attribution 4.0