Thread by @p4intedlady, We really need to start amplifying asian voices who criticize the racism [...]

We really need to start amplifying asian voices who criticize the racism and xenophobia in atla

Linking some tumblr posts I’ve seen taking about it

https://sakurajohansson.tumblr.com/post/618870855544520704/nefepants-okay-so-not-only-am-i-liking-avatar

https://brandnewyang.tumblr.com/post/625308802027225088

Amity Blight Is Lesbian Katara

https://brandnewyang.tumblr.com/post/625308802027225088

https://vicholas.tumblr.com/post/624743313603461121/the-inescapable-whiteness-of-avatar-the-legend-of

The Inescapable Whiteness of AVATAR: THE LEGEND OF KORRA, and its Uncomfortable Implications

“Why is Aang now the Statue of Liberty? Is this show set in New York now?” (...) But I keep coming back to how The Legend of Korra takes this opportunity to imagine a future without European and...

https://vicholas.tumblr.com/post/624743313603461121/the-inescapable-whiteness-of-avatar-the-legend-of

https://zukoshotleafjuice.tumblr.com/post/623533856841236480/as-an-indian-id-also-like-to-elaborate-here-the

anyone who disrespects katara can agni kai me

as an indian, i’d also like to elaborate here. the ATLA creators were inspired by lots of different Asian cultures, and them taking concepts from hinduism is not inherently bad. i would have been...

https://zukoshotleafjuice.tumblr.com/post/623533856841236480/as-an-indian-id-also-like-to-elaborate-here-the

I’ll add more as I find them, but please link more posts and articles in the comments if you know any!

. https://twitter.com/zutarastar/status/1290042897744703488?s=21

https://twitter.com/zutarastar/status/1290042897744703488?s=21

https://kurtwagners.tumblr.com/post/618764931817504768/avatar-wrongfully-merged-certain-places-that

kurtwagners

Anonymous said: Avatar wrongfully merged certain places that shouldn’t be merged too. I remember looking up the fire nation and the main inspirations came from Imperialist Japan and Southeast Asia-...

https://kurtwagners.tumblr.com/post/618764931817504768/avatar-wrongfully-merged-certain-places-that

https://lastvalyrian.tumblr.com/post/622613087200083968/sabertoothwalrus-sabertoothwalrus

fuck bro im shifting into loving ryuji mode

THANK YOU for this post. I always hated their adult character designs but couldn’t point to why, and didn’t want to be the “you just don’t like change” / “you just don’t like them as adults” guy...

https://lastvalyrian.tumblr.com/post/622613087200083968/sabertoothwalrus-sabertoothwalrus

https://brandnewyang.tumblr.com/post/625394882068037632/atla-and-lok-were-both-cartoons-that-i-grew-up

Amity Blight Is Lesbian Katara

ATLA and LoK were both cartoons that I grew up watching when I was younger, but since we’re now criticizing the racial insensitivity in atla and how westernized LoK was, let’s talk about this. The...

https://brandnewyang.tumblr.com/post/625394882068037632/atla-and-lok-were-both-cartoons-that-i-grew-up

Also, this thread explains really well how Adult!Aang was whitewashed
Aang isn’t white, but his adult design was based on a white man??? https://twitter.com/zukosblue/status/1282752732563218436

https://twitter.com/zukosblue/status/1282752732563218436

Idk if the op of that thread is asian or not, but I linked it at the request of an Japanese mutual of mine. I had her tumblr post about this thread linked before, but she felt it made more sense to put the thread itself (I only went looking for it later)

. https://twitter.com/emberplayers/status/1290155357856178177

https://twitter.com/emberplayers/status/1290155357856178177

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