Racebending.com

A collection of quotes from film critics and articles that mention the casting controversy surrounding The Last Airbender. (more...)

Ten year old writer Li Huan Shandross, a transracial adoptee, weighs in on the casting of The Last Airbender in an article in the July 2010 issue of Adoption Today. (more...)

“Paramount can boast about a lot of background actors, a lot of secondary characters, but the top three roles are all given to white actors. That’s stunning, when the original source material was clearly rooted in Asian and Native American culture.’’ (more...)

As protesters paraded outside the ArcLight Hollywood theater Thursday evening, signs filled the air with hand-written phrases such as "Support fair casting!" and "Hollywood is racist and too ignorant to know it!" The chant of "Get it right, M. Night!" rose above the noise of Sunset Boulevard rush-hour traffic. Meanwhile, just inside the ArcLight's doors, an usher busied herself preparing rows of 3-D glasses for the next showing of "The Last Airbender." (more...)

Thursday, July 1 marked the opening day for filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan’s latest venture, "The Last Airbender," a live-action film based on the popular Nickelodeon animated series. A large crowd of original "Airbender" fans gathered in Hollywood in front of the ArcLight Cinemas on Sunset Boulevard late Thursday afternoon, not to form a line for the movie, but to protest against it. (more...)

Mike Le, whose organization, racebending.com has been leading a boycott of the film since 2008, explains why race is not incidental in the film. And Jeff Yang, who’s been writing about “Airbender” for several months for the San Francisco Chronicle, explains the complications of race in a movie whose characters were originally animated and created by two white men. (more...)

"I’d like the chance to explain what Racebending.com is about. Why are we boycotting Paramount’s The Last Airbender? Why are we angry about the production’s casting practices? I think there’s a lot of misunderstanding here and my hope is that if you have the time to read my piece, you’ll find that we’re reasonable folks with valid concerns. We’re not just whistle-blowing PC police or crazy “reverse racists.” (more...)

Fox 11 News (Southern California – Channel 11) was on scene to report on the protest against The Last Airbender held in front of the Arclight Theater.  Reporter Hal Eisner interviewed protest organizers and protesters… (more...)