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Re: wow. . .
Posted By: Kelly, on host 207.18.199.196
Date: Friday, July 16, 1999, at 11:52:03
In Reply To: wow. . . posted by Brandon on Friday, July 16, 1999, at 11:06:13:

> > Here's what George Lucas had to say about the accusations of racism in TPM.
>
> i've seen lots of interviews with him, and I've never seen him that annoyed. He is offbase in one thing, tho. . the Jar Jar is racist garbage started with a professor of african-american studies at Columbia University (a professor, might I add, that brings disgrace not only to the african-american population, but also to the education profession), not by kids on the 'net.

I remember reading that about the professor. That same article quoted a respected African-American leader (I honestly can't remember his name) who was very upset because Jar Jar's version of "me" was "meesa", as in "Meesa so scared!" He said that "meesa" sounded too much like "massa"(master). Maybe every character in Episode II should speak in a computer generated monotone with no accents of any kind. Of course the movie would suck, but Lucas could avoid any accusations of racism. ;-)

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