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AVATAR: PROTEST IN NEW YORK AND VIRGINIA
Once again, The Last Airbender has put out a call for PoC in the background only. No Asians allowed as the three lead roles! Only in the background, non-speaking roles, people. Don't worry, the white people will save you from impending doom, that's how it's done.
aang_aint_white has the details on both HERE.
There's also now a Facebook event for the Flushing, NY protest, started up by
sidepocket_pro who plans to attend. GO HERE If you live close/in Flushing, please consider joining in the protest!
Here's a really swell flyer from the FB event for people to print and distribute. Print/download them from here and here.
Quoted from AAW:
-- Caucasian, or other ethnicity for LEAD ROLES
-- Near and Far Eastern, Middle Eastern, Asian, Mediterranean and Latino. etc and now Chinese, Thai, Mongolian, Vietnamese etc for BACKGROUND AND EXTRAS.
Tell me again that this movie isn't fucking white-washed when it comes to the heroes? Tell me again how this movie is just OOOHHH FANTASY (AKA WHITE) and not Asian-based/diverse? Tell me again that I'm a bad fan for being angry at their blatant racism?
Damn it all. I am so angry all over again.
Once again, The Last Airbender has put out a call for PoC in the background only. No Asians allowed as the three lead roles! Only in the background, non-speaking roles, people. Don't worry, the white people will save you from impending doom, that's how it's done.
There's also now a Facebook event for the Flushing, NY protest, started up by
Here's a really swell flyer from the FB event for people to print and distribute. Print/download them from here and here.
Quoted from AAW:
Paramount is trying to put a bandaid on this problem by casting Asian actors in minor, background roles, in a world that will still be saved by three white heroes. Now is the time to tell them that that isn't good enough.Also, please remember The Language of Casting:
-- Caucasian, or other ethnicity for LEAD ROLES
-- Near and Far Eastern, Middle Eastern, Asian, Mediterranean and Latino. etc and now Chinese, Thai, Mongolian, Vietnamese etc for BACKGROUND AND EXTRAS.
Tell me again that this movie isn't fucking white-washed when it comes to the heroes? Tell me again how this movie is just OOOHHH FANTASY (AKA WHITE) and not Asian-based/diverse? Tell me again that I'm a bad fan for being angry at their blatant racism?
Damn it all. I am so angry all over again.

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Also, please remember The Language of Casting:
-- Caucasian, or other ethnicity for LEAD ROLES
-- Near and Far Eastern, Middle Eastern, Asian, Mediterranean and Latino. etc and now Chinese, Thai, Mongolian, Vietnamese etc for BACKGROUND AND EXTRAS.
*headdesk*
*headdesk*
*headdesk*
GRRRRR.
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KDFHKLESIORHIGHKJSFHKJDH I HATE THEM SO MUCH.
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Hell, while on that subject, Alaska would probably be a perfect place to find Inuit people for the Water Tribe and Hawaii would be good in finding Asian people period. Oy. *facepalm*
Hey Paramount...
Well, and also, WE would have your Asian population. If you actually wanted 'em, that is. NOT THAT YOU DO.
Re: Hey Paramount...
*cough* Um. Er....anyway. Heh. :D
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....uh, sorry, dunno what happened there. Apparently that "we" thing is catching. I will go eat some wonderbread and mayo now and re-claim my whiteness, or something. :P XD
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YOUR SPEECH IS MOMENTOUS. I want to save it and say it while standing on a podium!!! <3 <3 <3 <3
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You are a blatant fan for being angry at their bad racism!
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But to specifically call for Asian extras and then try to pretend that it's cause they're being all diverse, it's disgustingly hypocritical and so evident of their confidence in our stupidity. GYAH.
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Caucasian, or other ethnicity for LEAD ROLES
WTF is with that wording? How about "Any ethnicity for lead roles," since that's what the grammatical meaning is? RAARRR. You're entirely justified in being so angry. I'm not even a fan (of the show in particular; just the genre) and I'm angry.
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It's like they know all the loopholes and caveats in order to say things like "Well we tried to get the best actor for the roles" when in reality, due to the coded language used in their casting sheets, they were quite heavily biased towards a white preference.
It's a type of racism that's embedded not in hatred, but in (what they decide is) 'marketing research'. America only wants to see white heroes. All movies with Asian heroes fail. Therefore, we will make money only if the heroes are white. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy, traced right back to the language in their casting sheets.
Horrid, innit? *clings to you*
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* and by 'watch' this movie, I am sooooo pirating this sucker. No way amd I giving them a dime for this movie. Yee-har!
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Uggggh
(Anonymous) 2009-12-23 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)