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[etrangere]

A rather academic and well written essay on Avatar the Last Airbender, and the white washing occuring in the movie adaptation: http://community.livejournal.com/racebending/61396.html?view=1733844#t1733844

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[ontogenesis]

Looks like a long, good essay. I'll have to read it when I'm not sleepy... I've already read some arguments about this on meta_fandom. :shakes head: Why are we (collectively) still so stupid about race? Look at the popularity of Star Trek, execs! Not everyone is white in ST!

[etrangere]

I'm not sure ST is the best counterclaim. To be well done, Avatar shouldn't have any white characters, especially not the leads - and that's exactly what the creators failed to do. The did cast PoC - in the background and as the villains.

I dunno why racism is so entrenched, but it is. At least institutional racism. :(