Hey, you know what the Waterbenders are based on? Inuit. How come noone's complaining they didn't cast Inuit as Katara and Sokka? Why should they be
"Asian"?
So, I'll ask the same question I always do here: Why is it you only care about them being "Asian"? I mean, ignoring the fact that Avatar is
fantasy and that some of these "Asian" people have, oh, for instance, blue eyes. But let's take, say, Aang. The Airbenders are stylistically
based primarily on Tibetan monks. But you don't care that a Tibetan wasn't cast, just an 'Asian'. So, it's cool to cast a Chinese person
instead? How about Japanese? Vietnamese? Polynesian? Indian? Is any "Asian" good enough? Why is that, precisely? Why exactly are all
"Asian" people basically interchangeable, and why is that somehow not racist?
You do know M. Night Shyamalan, who did the casting, is... (drum roll) Asian, right? Is he racist against himself?
"Asian"?
So, I'll ask the same question I always do here: Why is it you only care about them being "Asian"? I mean, ignoring the fact that Avatar is
fantasy and that some of these "Asian" people have, oh, for instance, blue eyes. But let's take, say, Aang. The Airbenders are stylistically
based primarily on Tibetan monks. But you don't care that a Tibetan wasn't cast, just an 'Asian'. So, it's cool to cast a Chinese person
instead? How about Japanese? Vietnamese? Polynesian? Indian? Is any "Asian" good enough? Why is that, precisely? Why exactly are all
"Asian" people basically interchangeable, and why is that somehow not racist?
You do know M. Night Shyamalan, who did the casting, is... (drum roll) Asian, right? Is he racist against himself?