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Luppi

OP came off a bit racist imo. I know what you mean, but he could have had a bit more tact in his words used.

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bonneau_14

Yeah he is. You're completely right.

People think that because they are a part of a minority that it's okay to be racist. Accually white people are the subjects of racism far too often.

Groteske

Well everyone is a racist to someone. They may not mean to be but that doesn't mean they don't come off that way to others.

But heh we're all humans and race is just a label.... a general definition of a group of people that look similar and come from a similar gene pool.

Back to the topic, if I asked a group of Asian people if they'd get mad if an AZN person got cast for a American role....they'd feel offended. But really Americans love all types of movies and will cast anyone that will do the part well. Some hardcore followers will make a fuss and yadda yadda but in the end it isn't their money paying for the movie or their money paying the actors and actresses. Movies flop because they are a gamble. Movies try to please a general audience....not just hardcore fans.

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Sandman53

When it comes to hiring a cast to fill a role that already exists. It becomes hard to find someone that has good talent who fits the mold. Not to mention that not everyone will have the same vision of what the character looks like. Its not like there are a lot of 12 year old actors who are good and resemble someone else. Its more like trying to find a needle in a haystack. You make it sound like they can go down to the acting store and pick up a 12 year old for their next movie.

In my opinion when it comes to race I couldn't really care all the much. They can stray a bit from the source material as long as the actors they get are good. There are certain times when race matters, but Avatar isn't really one of them at all. Some people just have issues.

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Vesper

Australian, close enough.

Certainly sounds like a Brit though.

Sandman53

I don't believe my hand is big enough for this facepalm.

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Norrin Radd

Oh for...

They're not "black characters now". John Stewart was/is A member of the Green Lantern Corps. Just like you can have black police officers.

Also, race depends on character history. For example, Blade is a black man, but his story is not something that couldn't have happened to a white guy. It was just chance that it happened to be a black guy.

Black Panther, however, has his roots in a fictional African nation/tribe, so him being white would be perplexing. It's confusing to me that they made Heimdall a black guy, but he doesn't have much flesh on show anyway, I doubt he'll have much screen time, also.

Luppi

Don't read too much into my post, it was more a knee jerk to earlier in the thread and was at like 3 A.M.

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AioshiKoun

I swore the whole damn fire nation was like chinese or something.
The water nation was like native american or eskimos
Earth nation full of i dont know indians?
Air...chinese? Hard to tell.

Seeing that cast im perfectly fine with it. Except prince zuko, WTF he looks like he could be their father. I mean like he's supposed to be like their age, and he doesnt even look the least bit asian.

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Leikiz

I was wondering about that too.
Fire is more.. traditional looking Chinese.

Earth is supposed to be equivalent to Eurasia (ty Avatarwiki), so it has mixes of the different races/fashions. The main cities are Chinese-ish, and the outlying regions tend to vary based on what environment is like. In other words, Asian with varying styles of dress based on region.

Water nation is like some kinda weird.. Brown hair, tan/dark skin, blue eyes. They're like Eskimo mixed with.. something. Maybe Ainu?

I always assumed Air was supposed to be the Shaolin Temple equivalent. So Asian.