Doubtless, everyone has heard of the casting for the Avatar movie. I wasn't going to make a post on it, since so many others have managed much better ones than I could have, but I realized I could link to those posts and spread awareness! So here.

Get the skinny! The sad, white, skinny.

community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/6745259.html#cutid1


glockgal.livejournal.com/375625.html



Sokka is not pleased.

Almost as facepalmy as the casting decision in the first place, are, the as always, wonderful Internet arguments. My favorite is "Kids want to see white people!" Yeah. I mean, otherwise, how would so many kids watch Avatar, that super well done cartoon starring ASIAN AND INUIT PEOPLE?

Oh, but they're not Asian! Because, um, Aang and Toph have round eyes!

Yeah, Asian people, all their eyes look the same! I mean Aang? Such a totally WHITE nomadic monk with such a WHITE name! Bei Fong is also clearly meant to be a caucasion last name.

And Aang and Toph aren't even the ones we're complaining about in the first place! We're complaining about Katara and Sokka and Zuko being cast as white people! Look, that pic above is of Katara and Sokka. Tell me they are meant to be white. And Zuko is pretty clearly Asian.

But they're FICTIONAL RACES!

Thaaaat are clearly patterned after Asian and Inuit people. In fact, on my Avatar First Season DVD they have an explicit quote from the creators "So we later made Katara's little hair loopies to resemble an actual Inuit hairstyle!"   It almost makes you think Katara is meant to be sort of INUIT, right? OMG!


Honestly, those people claiming we are far too outraged because "sometimes black people are cast as white people!" are like those "it's reverse discrimination" idiots. "OMG they have an African American club in the school REVERSE DISCRIMINATION!"  I want to smack those people. Reverse discrimation is an oxymoron. The reverse of discrimination is...non-discrimination. That should tell you something. African Americans get to have their own club because whites have been opressing them for years. We are the opressors, so, yes, we ARE racist if we get out own clubs and bar other races. We have a lot more making right to do before WE can have the gall to bitch about being discriminated against. The entire white washing of a wonderfully diverse show is not the same as "Black dude as Kingpin".

Wow, despite linking to better arguments, I ended up arguing just because I felt like it. Oh well.

I'd advise you, like glockgal  did, to write letters. It's time Hollywood learned to stop being such a racist pool of suck. White is not the default. I wasn't planning on seeing the Avatar movie anyway, considering the incredible amount of acting ability and special effects and CGI needed to capture the magic of the show, I saw no way they could pull it off. But with the current casting, I'm DEFINITELY not going to see it.

It should be noted it's not a good time to be a female and non-white character at DC either, between Vixen's whitewashing and speaking "African" (at least her mini is good and she's drawn black there. *sigh*), Thunder's coma and of course, poor, poor Cass.

Apparently things aren't going too well at Marvel either, according to scottyquick  .

Those of you who said racism would end now Obama's president elect...

well, you were idiots, but that goes without saying. (Unless you were Stephen Colbert, but he was joking)