Basically the original heroes were vaguely Tibetan (Aang) or dark-skinned Inuit, but for the movie (that doesn't exist) they quite consistently color coded the good guys as white and the bad guys as darker skinned; the total opposite.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I got that part. The part that was confusing me was Aang's "hero" font being a different color than the other two. I think I'm reading too much into it, maybe

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think is just because of the nation, Katara and Soka water tribe = blue, Zuko fire = red and Aaang air = yellow(air nation use yellow robes)

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

Oh, duh! I'm such a dumbass lol

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What Zero said, or maybe it's just because Aang is the main protaganist/Chosen One.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

I'm such a dumbass, I didn't even think of that. I've seen it. One of my favorites

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Though the director is South Asian himself, so I guess in a way he did that to increase representation, messed-up as that sounds.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You'll be surprised how many Indians hate other Indians. Not saying M Night does though. I mean just look at how many Indians are in the Trump admin. They get successful and then abandon their roots. Btw I'm Indian.

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I don't think it's an Indian hating Indian thing. I think some (often better off) Indians and their families have a propensity to lick the boots of certain evil white people because its what worked out for them during the colonial era.

There's always going to be people that side with the bad guys and in India's case, for the past few centuries, people that sided with the bad guys often attained wealth and luxury beyond what other Indians had. Even if those bad guys were committing a few genocides along the way.

It sucks. Its a very "fuck you, got mine" attitude but I can't think anything more American / Western than that.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

Oh, I’m from the North of England. I know haha

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Colorism, the favoritism towards lighter skinned people against darker skinned people, has a long history in India, and is still very much a problem today.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200818-colourism-in-india-the-people-fighting-light-skin-bias

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8932098/

https://www.stearthinktank.com/post/colorism-in-indian-society

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 11 points 2 months ago

Compare the skin tones of the actors they cast for the live action compared to the original anime