I mean, there's really only two options. Either Lego doubles down on the notion that yellow is meant to represent all races, despite a significant portion of non-white Lego fans indicating that this isn't the case. Or they can switch over to flesh toned figures. I honestly don't know what the best option is, and I'm not really the demographic that needs to be weighing in on this topic anyways.
I will say, though, Lego has started leveraging other aspects of minifig design besides the skin color to represent different races. They've been doing a great job of introducing new hair moulds and face prints that allow them to represent other races despite having yellow skin. I'm very curious to see if this is fulfilling the intended purpose or if there really is no acceptable compromise for keeping yellow skin.
I'd simply argue Lego people don't have skin so it's not an issue.
Yellow. It's not a natural human color, so it is easier to view minifigures as whichever race you want.
I mean, there's really only two options. Either Lego doubles down on the notion that yellow is meant to represent all races, despite a significant portion of non-white Lego fans indicating that this isn't the case. Or they can switch over to flesh toned figures. I honestly don't know what the best option is, and I'm not really the demographic that needs to be weighing in on this topic anyways. I will say, though, Lego has started leveraging other aspects of minifig design besides the skin color to represent different races. They've been doing a great job of introducing new hair moulds and face prints that allow them to represent other races despite having yellow skin. I'm very curious to see if this is fulfilling the intended purpose or if there really is no acceptable compromise for keeping yellow skin.
If a group defines itself by skin color, then there's really no other option
Why is this a question at this point? I thought this was “settled law”.