M. Night Restaurant

[jedifreac]

New Airbender Restuarant opens amidst hiring controversy
Critics of the new Midnight N. Shyamalan restaurant allege the restaurant discriminated against non-white job applicants.

by Marissa Lee
Opinion
Racebending.com

LOS ANGELES - On July 1, Airbender Restaurant will be reopening under new management, as critics decry the restaurant for racial

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[dkwrkm]

This kicks ass. :D

[caterfree10]

I love this post and wish to make sweet love to it. <3

[essentialsaltes]

"We want you to dress in traditional cultural ethnic attire," she said. "If you're Korean, wear a kimono. If you're from Belgium, wear lederhosen."

wat

[jedifreac]

Yes. This actually happened. (Months after the initial casting was announced and a big kerfluffle, they still had casting directors at public events saying dumb stuff like this.)

At the actual audition:

One middle-aged black woman, clad in a denim jacket and black slacks, raised her hand. “Are you at a disadvantage if you didn’t wear a costume?” she asked, evidently concerned about her “non-ethnic” outfit.

“Absolutely not!” Ricketts reassured her. “It doesn’t mean you’re at a disadvantage if you didn’t come in a big African thing. But guys, even if you came with a scarf today, put it over your head so you’ll look like a Ukrainian villager or whatever.” [source]

[essentialsaltes]

I want to believe it was some sort of joke (gone wrong), but the tone-deafness of everyone involved suggests it was ordinary fail, not humor fail.

Anyway, I congratulate you and your comrades for making a big stink about this. Whatever your detractors say, reasonable people can tell what the real source of the stench is.

[fbunnie]

I almost want to cry. Koreans don't wear Kimonos, Japanese people do. Their fail is even worse than people are making it out to be.

[glockgal]

Please say you'll be reposting this to the rb comm! And one the website! And everywhere! (also, may I repost it on my LJ??)

<3 <3 <3 <3

[jedifreac]

Not sure if I should or not (to racebending). Do you think people would like it?

You are welcome to post to your LJ! Just maybe link back here because I'd like to see what people think?

The gist of it is...if you wouldn't patronize a restaurant for doing this stuff, would you patronize a movie?

[hagdirt]

This is made of awesome.