He's a top-selling action figure.
Many critics say yes.
They are bringing the high-flying Stars Wars down to earth with charges of racism. They are drawing comparisons with Stepin Fetchit and Mantan Moreland, African-American comedians whose buffoonish screen characters were invariably clumsy, childish and easily frightened. They believe that Jar Jar's floppy ears are supposed to suggest dreadlocks. They believe his walk and manner of dress make it clear that, extraterrestrial or not, Jar Jar is a black stereotype disguised as an alien. They believe he has put the menace in The Phantom Menace.