AtLA’s Friky Diky Cast: The Best Links Roundup (Under Work)

Since I seem to be getting pretty good at roundups, I decided to start making a few more selective ones. This one is dedicated to collecting the (IMHO) best ones protesting the situation, instead of the “EVERYTHING I CAN FIND” in my first roundup.  I’ll try to have it organized and in categories.

Glockgal (She is being so amazing regarding this issue that she deserves her own category)

• Avatar: The Last Airbender – glockgal
• AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDERBe Pro-Active – glockgal
• AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER – glockgal
• Publicity – glockgal
• Some progress – glockgal
• AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDERThere’s a discu – glockgal
• AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDERWikipedia’s Ent – glockgal
• HNY 2009 (Avatar Update) – glockgal
• AVATARaang_aint_white has a new post Rou – glockgal
• I kinda want to cry. WITH ANGER – glockgal
• AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER – PHIDALELPHIA!! – glockgal
• AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER – THRILLING U – glockgal
• A HISTORY ON YELLOWFACEY – glockgal
• Well jeeze louise – Jesse McCartney Out – glockgal
• AVATAR: PROTEST IN PHILLY! – glockgal
• Avatar: Advocacy – glockgal
• Avatar: Support – glockgal
• Avatar: azn or pasty? – glockgal
• Avatar: Protest In New York and Virginia – glockgal
• The East West Players – IXNAY – glockgal
• AVATAR: It’s a white, white hero’s world – glockgal
• Twilight [greater than] Avatar – glockgal

Why it matters

• Angry Asian Man: A Break-up, of Sorts – vagabond_sal
• Who do I have to blow to get some representation around here? – vejicakes
• All the world’s white, the rest of us merely live in it – Willow
• What we talk about when we talk about – ciderpress
• It’s like a Christmas miracle! – artemis_rain (Aaah… gotta love sarcasm)
• On the Avatar Movie Mess – ravenbell
• Remyth Project: These are the Ghosts of the Heroes I Never Had – yeloson (I would like to ask everybody who goes to this link and does not know of or understand the Remyth Project to please lurk and keep a tight hold of your manners, and if you don’t get it, don’t comment. I link to this post because it seems to me that it shows the importance of representation and diversity in the Media, how prevalent white washing and other problems are, and the impact we are having on people.)
• New Day in politics, same old racist world on the silver screen – derekkirkkim
• Avatar Anger Mounts: Asians Ain’t Having White Aang – mustgofaster @ Ohnotheydidnt
• Yellow (and brown)-face: A History in Pictures – vejicakes
• The Language of Casting – vejicakes
• “The Last Airbender” — Now with 25% Less Yellowface! – jedifreac
• Advice wanted – derekkirkkim

Why Anime Characters “Don’t Look Asian”

• Why Avatar Characters don’t always look Asian – ryosato @ avatar_fans
• Strangely my eyes are not perfect circles – shati

Evidence that AtLA is based on Asian and Inuit Cultures

• Asian Culture in the Avatar World – Chaobunny12
• We’ll Let The Show Speak For Itself – aang_aint_white @ Saving The World With Postage

Other

• Dammit Bryke and Shyamalan, SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO AT WORK. – misora
• Avatar Racefail Bingo and Discussion Roundup – yeloson @ deadbrowalking
• Racebending! the livejournal community! I suggest you read all of the posts here!

Movements or Projects

• Saving the World with Postage
• Casting Call in Philadelphia: What You Should and Should Not Do – aang_aint_white @ Saving The World With Postage
• Another Update on Addresses – aang_aint_white @ Saving The World With Postage
• February 7th Casting Call in Philadelphia: Can You Make It? – aang_aint_white
• So many ways to speak out – aang_aint_white @ Saving The World With Postage
• Petition for Professionals in the Art and Entertainment Industry to Protest the Avatar Cast – Derek Kirk Kim (Scroll down to the bottom…. PLEASE sign if you are a professional!)
• Protest at The Last Airbender Auditions - FACEBOOK GROUP that organizes the protest at Philadelphia on February 7, 2009 during the casting for extras
• The Aang Aint White STORE (All products sold at-cost!! This is not intended for profit, only to spread awareness)
• A first step in the right direction… but we have a long way to go! – aang_aint_white @ Saving The World With Postage
• Letter from MANAA – Media Action Network for Asian Americans
• Letter from the East West Players – East West Players
• Some good news and a few reminders – aang_aint_white @ Saving The World With Postage
• Great news from the East West Players and new ways to support the cause! – aang_aint_white @ Saving The World With Postage
• Casting calls in New York and Virginia – aang_aint_white @ Saving The World With Postage

Outside of the Fandom, but still valid and with insight

• Shame by Pam Noles – Tells of the similar whitewashing of the Earthsea books when they were adapted to film, and the importance of making changes in the industry so as to represent PoCs
• The Face of the Other – Matt Thorn (“But, they all look white!” in Anime and Manga)
• Casting and Caste-Ing: Reconciling Artistic Freedom and Antidiscrimination Norms – Russel K. Robinson
• The Art of Defending Racism – yeloson (@ sex_and_race)
• Cultural Appropiation Bingo – delux_vivens, via elusis, @ deadbrowalking
• Fund Animators, Not Adaptations – Madeline Ashby @ Frames Per Second
• Hollywood’s Racial Catch-22 – Frank Mastropolo @ ABC News
• The East West Players!

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