#as a light-skinned indigenous person I am not gonna sit back and let that shit slide

[toxicshipsincorporated]

Gonna be real real rn. I've been seeing ppl talk about the dissatisfaction that the actors cast to play the watertribe characters are much lighter than their animated counterparts as being an example of colorism and I need yall to stop that.

That's not what that is. I am a light-skinned indigenous person who understands the privilege that I hold because of the way people perceive me. I would never take a role/position for a character or meant for a person of a darker complexion. Because I know that I am visually more palatable simply because of the color of my skin and that is a prejudice I do not feel comfortable benefiting from. With that being the actors for Katara and Sokka are younger who knows what their agents and the people around them said. Whatever. But people saying, "hey the original character design had them as much darker than the actors that you cast. That is suspect and you should have cast a more accurate cast for these roles." That is CALLING OUT COLORISM for ppl who are not aware.

Now the chucklefucks saying some variation of, "these actors don't even LOOK native!!" Is ALSO not colorism. It's just good ole anti-indigenous racism baby. Yes, yes, it can be internalized.