Yes and liberals added that he looked like a Rastafarian. And called it racist, liberals are never happy. You can't even watch a movie without getting offended.
Well, I think what offended people was how stupid the character was... not that he was a Rastafarian.
That said, the problem with Phantom Menace is that in order to make the aliens more alien, Lucas engaged in a lot of ethnic stereotypes, such as the Greedy Asian businessmen of the Trade Federation, or the Arab Junk Dealer in Waato. It all just made a bad movie that much worse.