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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...)

Racebending.com and Asian Americans took to the streets in a public demonstration against The Last Airbender on July 1st in front of the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. Channel 7’s 6 o’ clock news reporter Leanne Suter was there, interviewing protesters and moviegoers about the casting controversy. (more...)

Ross Reynolds of KUOW 94.9FM interviewed Racebending.com editor Catherine Bugayong on his show, The Conversation, a day before her July 1st protest against The Last Airbender in Seattle.  You can listen to their conversation on… (more...)

Canadian website Straight.com covered The Last Airbender casting and interviewed Racebending.com's Canadian co-founder, Lorraine Sammy. Racebending.com speaks out about The Last Airbender's racial casting controversy. Racebending.com speaks out about The Last Airbender's racial casting… (more...)

Ebert: "If I’d been making “The Last Airbender,” I would probably have decided the story was so well- known to my core audience that it would be a distraction to cast those roles with white actors. I’m guessing, but I suspect the American group most under-represented in modern Hollywood is young Asian-American males." (more...)

BBC World Update interviews Racebending.com spokesperson Michael Le. "You might think the world has moved on [from yellowface], but apparently not," BBC's Dan Damon says. "The new adaptation of the cartoon series Avatar: the Last Airbender has a white actor playing a lead character that is obviously meant to be Asian." (more...)

Michael Le, who runs a fan website calling for a boycott of the film, said: "It becomes very clear that it’s part of the historical pattern of Hollywood. It’s because this is the standard procedure for Hollywood films, and it really shouldn’t be. It’s 2010." Paramount, which made the film, said more than half of the credited speaking roles were filled by actors representing cultures from around the world. But critics said even today Hollywood often only promotes ethnic minority actors when casting secondary characters and background extras. (more...)

Associated Press covers the 'racebending' of The Last Airbender and Prince of Persia, including an interview with Racebending.com! Over 50 media outlets pick up the article, including MSNBC, the Boston Globe, the San Francisco Chronicle, Forbes Magazine, Businessweek, the New Jersey Star Ledger, and the Huffington Post! (more...)