Media Monday Spotlight – Avatar: The Last Airbender
Every Monday, we’ll be spotlighting media that celebrates the contribution of diverse faces, traditions, or talents to the American cultural landscape. In the future we’ll be letting you know about...
View ArticleVideo Series: The Last Airbender Film: Why Are People Upset About Airbender?
A new video series on how to talk about Racebending. Having trouble explaining to people why you feel so passionately about The Last Airbender film? Frustrated by the people you meet who mean well but...
View ArticleWhitewashing in Young Adult literature
Over the past few months, Bloomsbury has been under scrutiny for using racebending tactics for the cover images of their young adult genre novels. What blogs across the web have been discovering, this...
View ArticleShirt Sale – Protest The Last Airbender in Style
Want to protest The Last Airbender film in style? You’re in luck – Racebending.com is launching a brand new line of Carolina-blue street team shirts. U.S. manufactured, union-made, sweatshop-free! The...
View ArticleFrom Fans to Activists: Loraine Sammy and Racebending.com
Henry Jenkins is the Provost’s Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. This blog highlights some research he has done with Anna Van Someren...
View ArticleThe Last Airbender Movie Trailer: Super Bowl Ad First Look
UGO has released the first look at The Last Airbender movie’s Super Bowl ad. The Super Bowl spot reminds us of what the movie could have meant. A large budget film portraying heroes of color in a...
View ArticleTantoo Cardinal, Actress
Tantoo Cardinal is a Canadian Métis film and television actress. She is one of the most recognizable Native American actresses in the world, and has appeared in over 50 films, including Dances With...
View ArticleChaske Spencer, Actor (Twilight)
Actor and activist Chaske Spencer was born of the Lakota Sioux tribe, and raised on Indian Reservations in Montana and Idaho. He broke into the off-Broadway theater scene playing the title role in...
View ArticleThe Last Airbender – A Timeline of the Protest
2002 to mid-2008: Origin of the Animated Series August 2008: Casting Heroes: “Caucasian or Any Other Ethnicity” December 2008: The Protest Gets Organized January 2009: Extras and Villains Wanted,...
View ArticleCarmen Moore: Leo Award Winning Actress and Producer
Carmen Moore is a veteran Vancouver film and television actress. Growing up in Coquitlam British Columbia she began acting in high school and at the Spirit Song Native Theatre Company. Over the last...
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