"The Last Airbender" does not open in the United Kingdom until next Friday, August 13th. This is an opportunity for us--especially folks who live in the UK-- to ensure that UK film critics are aware of the way "The Last Airbender" discriminated against actors of color ( Read more... )

Hi there, everyone. This has been all over my blogroll today, and I thought it deserved a mention here:

Cartoonist Gene Luen Yang, creator of American Born Chinese (and co-creator, along with Derek Kirk Kim, of The Eternal Smile) has posted a brief, heartfelt comic in his blog laying out the issue of the Last Airbender whitewashing, and asking ( Read more... )

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This post is extremely late in coming, and I apologize for that. I've been having major issues with my laptop. That said, on to the important things: the [Anti-]Racebending Blog Template! Formerly known as a chain letter, now you can post this to your blog and send it to family and friends to let them (chiefly, people who've never heard of Avatar, ( Read more... )

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These are the fruits of our brainstorming session today. We'd really love your input and any other ideas you guys can come up with to spread the word!

( *brainstorm!**brainstorm!* )

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Since the trailer came out earlier than I thought and people have had time to digest it, I hope we can spend half the session to brainstorm some ideas on how to get the word out more. So bring your brainstorming caps and craziest ideas! The year mark (7 ( Read more... )

I don't know how many of you are familiar with the webcomic Penny Arcade, but the Avatar casting fail was the topic of today's strip.


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Who are We?

The NYC Racebending Street Team are those people who agree with the social commentary and political philosophy of Racebending.com who live in the New York Metro Area (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island, North New Jersey, Long Island, ect) that can spare time to help out physically with conventions, protest and such.

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::HOW ARE WE GOING TO BOYCOTT?::

In essence, this is the visual/vocal pledge to boycott M. Night's The Last Airbender film in it's current form.Filming has already begun and knowing the film industry, they will now sail along at due course. So for us, if there is one thing were people can hit them and they will get the message it's the thing that ( Read more... )