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This just in from our friends over at People Against Racebending. This is a direct copy from one of their Facebook updates….

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Here are two new opportunities to spread the word about The Last Airbender controversy and the People Against Racebending!

Are you going to San Diego Comic Con 2009? Want to volunteer with racebending.com?

Fill out our volunteer form!
http://racebending.com/sdccform.php

Or e-mail info@racebending.com with your contact info!
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We have a flickr!
http://www.flickr.com/people/racebending
http://www.flickr.com/photos/racebending/

Show Paramount, the media, and the rest of the world exactly how diverse and fabulous the People Against Racebending really are! Just follow these 4 easy steps:

#1 Create a “BOYCOTT THE LAST AIRBENDER –> racebending.com” sign (It can be made out of a piece of paper and a Sharpie, I’m not fussy, as long as it fulfills #2!)

#2 Take a picture of yourself with the sign, making sure the sign is easy to read by the picture-viewer.

#3 Write a paragraph (or less) about why you are personally boycotting TLA. (As a guide, think of what you wrote in your answer to the survey awhile back.)

#4 Send your photo and your paragraph with your some iteration of your REAL name, your age, your location, and your self-identifying ethnicity to promote@racebending.com. (Name can be first & last OR first name only OR first name + last initial, etc. as long as it is not a screen name. Location will be used in our map. All other info is supplementary survey info that will not be disclosed unless we see fit to change that at a later date. We’ll keep you updated! ;)

And that’s it!

There are a few extra details (Please show your face, keep it PG, groups are allowed as long as all group members supply a paragraph and the information outlined in #4)– Check them out at http://community.livejournal.com/racebending/69744.html

Need examples? Check out the flickr.

Questions about photos? Just e-mail me at promote@racebending.com

Cheers! :D

Just got this in from Catherine Bugayong through FaceBook:

Firstly, welcome to our new members and a great big thank you to them and all our continuing supporters! We can’t do this without you!

As you may know, the first look at Aang and Zuko has appeared in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-05-21-airbender-first-look_N.htm

We are urging everybody to please write a short letter to the editor (they prefer 250 words or less) alerting them to the discriminatory casting practices:

“Send comments to letters@usatoday.com. Include name, phone number, city and state for verification.”

Jumping off ideas:

-The wording of using the “look of Aang”

-Good guy/bad guy coding in the article

-No mention of racefail casting practices

-The production’s missteps, including culturally ignorant statements made by the cast and crew

Don’t forget to direct them to racebending.com!

Please, if you have the time, send something in. They can ignore one or two letters, but if two hundred people write them then they may feel like they need to print something. 

Please don’t assume that other people will write in!

Just got this email. Thought I would share….

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Marissa Minna Lee sent a message to the members of People Against Racebending: Protest of the Cast of The Last Airbender Movie.

Subject: MANAA Meeting This Thursday Night in Los Angeles!

There’s a Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) meeting tomorrow, April 16th in Chinatown, Los Angeles– where they will be discussing next steps to take for THE LAST AIRBENDER.

When: April 16, 2009 at 7:30PM
Where: Chinatown Public Safety Association, 823 N. Hill Street (between Alpine and College Streets)

I’ve been working with MANAA over the last few months on this topic and there is a lot they talk about at these meetings that cannot be discussed online.  If you’re interested in making a tangible difference, and in getting the inside scoop on their communications with Paramount and Nickelodeon, this is the meeting to attend.

MANAA has told me that they would like to see more Avatar fans attend to gauge how many people are genuinely interested in working this issue. I think they’re kind of skeptical about the fact that I’m literally the only one who ever shows up.  Los Angeles is a huge city.  It really makes us look bad–like only a handful of people genuinely care about the issue and are willing to work for it.

If you don’t live in LA or are unable to attend, but wish you could, my suggestion would be to contact MANAA and let them know that you support their efforts and are upset by Paramount’s casting practices. http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.manaa.org%2Fcontact_us.html