From: featurenews@my-deja.com
Subject: Racial stereotypes
Date: 1999/06/01
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Take A Look:

In this week's Slate, Bruce Gottlieb examines the racial stereotypes in
the George Lucas blockbuster - The Phantom Menace. The Merchant of
Menace Racial stereotypes in a galaxy far, far away?
http://www.slate.com/HeyWait/99-05-26/HeyWait.asp "Crafty Japanese trade
villains aren't the only heavy-handed ethnic stereotype in The Phantom
Menace. As the story continues, the heroes slip past the evil Japanese
to a nearby planet. There, they attempt to repair their broken spaceship
but are stymied by the hook-nosed owner of the local parts
shop--Watto--who also happens to have a thick Yiddish accent! "


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