I tried to explain to my dad and uncle how Avatar very much embraces the Mighty Whitey trope, and why the Mighty Whitey trope is ridiculously racist. Then my dad brought up Gandhi and pointed out that a white man played Gandhi. And I was like, "Yeah, and that pissed me off." My uncle accused me of being racist. Then dad said somesuch about critics ( Read more... )

Dad makes some joke about wearing a bra to my brother ( Read more... )