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Shonda Rhimes Calls Out Lego's Lack Of Diversity

The "Grey's Anatomy" creator claimed she couldn't find any to buy for her daughters.
Kayla Greaves
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Looks like the queen of prime time Shonda Rhimes isn't only pushing for diversity on TV, but in the world of children's toys as well.

The "Grey's Anatomy" creator took to Twitter on Monday to express her frustration with Lego after she claimed she couldn't find any brown figures to buy for her daughters.

While some Twitter users understood where Rhimes was coming from, many were confused as to why she wanted her children to play with brown Lego toys.

And one seemed to have completely missed the boat.

But regardless of which side of the argument you're on, it seems the popular children's toy is lacking in the diversity department.

On the Lego minifigures website, there appears to be only one black toy featured – Dr. Hibbert from "The Simpsons" – while the rest are the traditional bright yellow hue.

The megahouse's sister brand, Lego Friends, also appears to have only one black character as well.

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This isn't the first time Rhimes has gotten political on Twitter when it came to representation.

Most recently, the 46-year-old shut down a petition calling for the termination of "Grey's Anatomy" star Jesse Williams, after he gave a powerful speech on racism in the U.S. at this year's BET Awards.

Lego has yet to respond to Rhimes.

Do you think children's toys should be more diverse? Let us know in the comments below.

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Empowering Shonda Rhimes Quotes
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"Dreams are lovely. But they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral, pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It's hard work that makes things happen. It's hard work that creates change." -- From Shonda's 2014 Dartmouth College Commencement
(02 of09)
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"I want my daughters to see me and know me as a woman who works. I want that example set for them. I am a better mother for it. The woman I am because I get to run Shondaland, because I get to write all day, because I get to spend my days making things up, that woman is a better person – and a better mother. Because that woman is happy. That woman is fulfilled. That woman is whole." -- From Shonda's 2014 Dartmouth College Commencement
(03 of09)
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“This moment right here, me standing up here all brown with my boobs and my Thursday night of network television full of women of color, competitive women, strong women, women who own their bodies and whose lives revolve around their work instead of their men, women who are big dogs, that could only be happening right now.” -- From Shonda's The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Women in Entertainment Breakfast
(04 of09)
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"I think in telling LGBT stories, I'm telling everyone's story. Love is, in fact, universal, right? … I want my daughters to grow up in a world in which there is more love than hate. I want them to know a world where everyone is free. So that's why I write the stories that I do, because everyone should be free." -- From Shonda's GLAAD acceptance speech
(05 of09)
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“I’m a black woman every day, and I’m not confused about that. I’m not worried about that. I don’t need to have a discussion with you about how I feel as a black woman, because I don’t feel disempowered as a black woman.” -- From Shonda's NYT profile
(06 of09)
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"Most of the women I saw on TV didn't seem like people I actually knew. They felt like ideas of what women are." -- Shonda's 2006 O Magazine interview
(07 of09)
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"The best stories are often true… The narrative of human life is most beautiful when told truthfully and without boundaries." -- From Shonda's Glamour Women Of The Year speech
(08 of09)
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"Yes, it is hard out there. But hard is relative. I come from a middle-class family, my parents are academics. I was born after the Civil Rights movement, I was a toddler during the women's movement, I live in the United States of America, all of which means I am allowed to own my freedom, my rights, my voice and my uterus." -- From Shonda's 2014 Dartmouth College Commencement
(09 of09)
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“I joked to Tony Goldwyn that on another television series, he’d be the pretty girl that all the men are trying to save… That’s what he is, except he happens to also be the leader of the free world.” From Shonda's NYT profile

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