(sigh) Sorry, but having someone flatly lie is rather hard to take without comment. Quoting from M. Fnord's own link:
"or we were somehow racist because we thought that since the world takes place in an Asian fantasy world, they should have cast Asians and
Native Americans."
"1.Lack of Roles to Asians and Native Americans"
"...rarely get the opportunity to see Asian heroes they can get behind and cheer for."
"bet you can count on one hand the number of films that were made in the US that had cast Asians as the leads..."
"Aside from the rare period piece like Geronimo, I don't think there has been a leading role for a Native American."
"Avatar should have been the launching pad for young Asian and Native American actors to finally break through that wall..."
I could go on if you like. At no point does he ever, ever suggest that Aang has to be Tibetan. Him being "Asian" or, even better,
"Asian-American" is plenty good enough. And Cherokee is as good as Inuit. I'm sure there may be some fan somewhere who is arguing that Aang being
Japanese isn't good enough, but it isn't the norm and pretending that I made up something that isn't there by pointing out that fans are calling
for "Asians" as if they're an undifferentiated mass is simply a lie. That is what they're calling for, and if you think it's right, then
you ought to defend that rather than pretend it doesn't exist.
I do not have the time now, but I will make a longer and more serious post and put it in the politics forum tomorrow.
"or we were somehow racist because we thought that since the world takes place in an Asian fantasy world, they should have cast Asians and
Native Americans."
"1.Lack of Roles to Asians and Native Americans"
"...rarely get the opportunity to see Asian heroes they can get behind and cheer for."
"bet you can count on one hand the number of films that were made in the US that had cast Asians as the leads..."
"Aside from the rare period piece like Geronimo, I don't think there has been a leading role for a Native American."
"Avatar should have been the launching pad for young Asian and Native American actors to finally break through that wall..."
I could go on if you like. At no point does he ever, ever suggest that Aang has to be Tibetan. Him being "Asian" or, even better,
"Asian-American" is plenty good enough. And Cherokee is as good as Inuit. I'm sure there may be some fan somewhere who is arguing that Aang being
Japanese isn't good enough, but it isn't the norm and pretending that I made up something that isn't there by pointing out that fans are calling
for "Asians" as if they're an undifferentiated mass is simply a lie. That is what they're calling for, and if you think it's right, then
you ought to defend that rather than pretend it doesn't exist.
I do not have the time now, but I will make a longer and more serious post and put it in the politics forum tomorrow.