"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... )

I've been a supporter of this cause since the beginning and joined the Facebook Racebending group very early on (think back to when we had no idea how Noah Ringer looked like, when Jesse McCartney was still cast as Zuko, and before we even thought of the term "racebending").  I decided to share a recent thread I posted on the group's discussion ( Read more... )

Hey folks,

I recently stumbled on the Twitter of Dave Roman, one of the writers for the Last Airbender tie-in manga.

I originally asked everyone to hit him up about Racebending, but I've been informed via the comments that he's already aware.

However, for everyone's info, here's his blog and twitter info:

Twitter: Dave Roman (@yaytime)Blog link ( Read more... )

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I hope you guys aren’t sick of contacting orgs yet because here’s another org! XD And she’s an important one so get ready...

This is the NAACP Hollywood Bureau. Read more about them here. Briefly, they are the branch of the NAACP that focuses on minority representation in the media (quantity and quality)-- the TLA controversy should be directly in ( Read more... )

Anyone want to send Kal Penn the Washington Post article? He is on twitter and recently took a job at the White House advocating for Asian American media issues. I sent a twitter to him this afternoon with the racebending website, then realized the WaPo article is probably more objective (and Washington is his new home ( Read more... )