http://www.racebending.com/v3/press/the-last-airbender-timeline/ advocating just and equal opportunity in film and television Sun, 09 Jan 2011 02:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.racebending.com/v3/press/the-last-airbender-timeline/comment-page-1/#comment-1069 Another Case of Whitewashing Sun, 17 Oct 2010 17:04:35 +0000 http://www.racebending.com/v3/?p=497#comment-1069 [...] web site Racebending.com was created after it was discovered that the live action version of “Avatar: The Last [...] [...] web site Racebending.com was created after it was discovered that the live action version of “Avatar: The Last [...]

]]> http://www.racebending.com/v3/press/the-last-airbender-timeline/comment-page-1/#comment-541 Rent a White Guy | bigWOWO Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:38:40 +0000 http://www.racebending.com/v3/?p=497#comment-541 [...] prowess in picking up White women.  Or the Indian American director who took an Asian anime and made all the main characters White.  Is White really all [...] [...] prowess in picking up White women.  Or the Indian American director who took an Asian anime and made all the main characters White.  Is White really all [...]

]]> http://www.racebending.com/v3/press/the-last-airbender-timeline/comment-page-1/#comment-481 Ebert takes on another Airbender question :: The Last Airbender Movie Casting | Activism at Racebending.com Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:15:12 +0000 http://www.racebending.com/v3/?p=497#comment-481 [...] The “racebending” of The Last Airbender was a missed opportunity for Americans of Asian Pacific, Amerindian, and Circumpolar Indigenous descent to star in a tentpole summer film. But more than simply a “missed opportunity,” the production’s decisions also had a discriminatory impact, reinforcing that in Hollywood, people of color can play secondary roles in films – but white actors are preferred for heroic leads, even if the characters were created to be ethnically Asian and Inuit in a fantasy world representative of the cultures of the Pacific Rim. [...] [...] The “racebending” of The Last Airbender was a missed opportunity for Americans of Asian Pacific, Amerindian, and Circumpolar Indigenous descent to star in a tentpole summer film. But more than simply a “missed opportunity,” the production’s decisions also had a discriminatory impact, reinforcing that in Hollywood, people of color can play secondary roles in films – but white actors are preferred for heroic leads, even if the characters were created to be ethnically Asian and Inuit in a fantasy world representative of the cultures of the Pacific Rim. [...]

]]> http://www.racebending.com/v3/press/the-last-airbender-timeline/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Frank Marshall: “We did not discriminate against anyone.” :: The Last Airbender Movie Casting | Activism at Racebending.com Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:48:08 +0000 http://www.racebending.com/v3/?p=497#comment-324 [...]   The production of The Last Airbender was made aware of the biased casting language and the discriminatory impact of their casting decisions over a year ago. [...] [...]   The production of The Last Airbender was made aware of the biased casting language and the discriminatory impact of their casting decisions over a year ago. [...]

]]> http://www.racebending.com/v3/press/the-last-airbender-timeline/comment-page-1/#comment-320 Frank Marshall: “We didn’t discriminate against anyone.” | Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:02:14 +0000 http://www.racebending.com/v3/?p=497#comment-320 [...] The production of The Last Airbender was made aware of the biased casting language and the discriminatory impact of their casting decisions over a year ago. [...] [...] The production of The Last Airbender was made aware of the biased casting language and the discriminatory impact of their casting decisions over a year ago. [...]

]]> http://www.racebending.com/v3/press/the-last-airbender-timeline/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Frequently Asked Questions :: The Last Airbender Movie Casting | Activism at Racebending.com Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:21:38 +0000 http://www.racebending.com/v3/?p=497#comment-286 [...] the characters in the Avatar setting ethnically Asian? The Avatar: The Last Airbender series was established by the creators and Nickelodeon as set in a “fantastical Asian world.” The Intellectual Property Bible affirms that the [...] [...] the characters in the Avatar setting ethnically Asian? The Avatar: The Last Airbender series was established by the creators and Nickelodeon as set in a “fantastical Asian world.” The Intellectual Property Bible affirms that the [...]

]]> http://www.racebending.com/v3/press/the-last-airbender-timeline/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Another Case of Whitewashing | Multi-Genre Fan Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:18:39 +0000 http://www.racebending.com/v3/?p=497#comment-110 [...] web site Racebending.com was created after it was discovered that the live action version of “Avatar: The Last [...] [...] web site Racebending.com was created after it was discovered that the live action version of “Avatar: The Last [...]

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