Asian cultural app𝖗opriation : Star Wars & Avatar the last airbender PART 1

[@SherlizaMoe]

Stay tuned for part 2 ! Also,are there any other specific things you would like me to cover or give my opinions on (Avatar : the last airbender)?

[@waffle9659]

Love your earrings! 💜

[@vanhminglianitochhawng3209]

love you ❤️❤️❤️💜

[@ramune940]

air or fire?

[@tinekeknol5837]

I'd love a more in-depth look at the water tribe and the ways that the shows creators took inspiration from different communities of native peoples 💕 I'm maori so seeing positive representation of other native peoples feels good, even if our cultures are wildly different.

[@yellowjay7443]

I'm now watching a TV serie called "Marco Polo" an I would love to hear what you think about it. It develops in Mongolia and lately in China. It's about Marco Polo living in the court of Kublai Khan and about the expansion of his kingdom to the rest of the world (honestly idk how faithful is it to reality). Anyways thank you for educate us about Asian culture and for speak on topics such as cultural appropriation, I love your videos. Greetings from Spain ❤️

[@DAngeloWallace]

If you are upset at this Asian woman calmly explaining Asian cultural appropriation... you need to ask yourself some questions 🥴

[@sreeranjininair3462]

yes.

[@butterbubbles5375]

Love your recent exposè videos, also congrats on getting top viewed this month :) Your content is amazing.

[@artemis6703]

as an asian woman myself, i agree with this.

[@car0ndelet]

Amen.

[@sanjanareddy6019]

(Just going to tag on because I feel this will get more attention here) Lets not forget the Chun Li video and Dr Strange!!! I genuinely cannot believe Marvel got away with Dr Strange, I lost all respect for Tilda Swinton and Benedict Cumberbatch. And Chun Li was released literally two years ago, the disregard of the sanctity of Asian culture and the blatant sexualisation of it for purely aesthetic reasons is a modern problem that is not being discussed enough at all.

[@harvestheverest]

The Last Airbender movie is an embarrassment. It took like 6 people to move a single piece of rock. A whole choreography. Honestly, throwing it with your hands would've been much more easier. I hate it.

[@kleeberry.]

facts.

[@youca2087]

They couldn't even throw the rock, someone else had to throw it while they just gently floated it across the screen

[@jazzym999]

I know right

[@don-tt1jk]

the live action one?

[@Eli_and_the_moon]

I’m CRYING “throwing it with your hands would’ve been easier” 😂😂😂😂

[@angelinaxtriana]

avatar as a show was created by a primarily white team, but it was done with education and care, making asians like me feel connected to the show like we'd never felt with a show before; it was something that truly reflected our cultures while creating a new world for other people. the movie... doesnt exist

[@user-tn7kl3sq2r]

the movie is fake. it’s like aladdin they were so bad at representing asian culture but in the movie they did their research. avatar went the opposite way so hopefully the new one will be better

[@Hunlover123601]

amen!

[@riffler24]

There is no Avatar Movie in Ba Sing Se

[@danika94butterflys]

The avatar series really feels like an example of what cultural appreciation is and should be.

[@sprigganpanda]

Movie, what movie? Never heard of it 👀🤫

[@heta242]

Actually Tolkien wasn’t only inspired by celtic when creating the elvish language. He fell in love with the finnish language and used it in the elven language along with latin and greek. As a finn I love this fact!

[@cherriesz]

I have Scandinavian Blood and I love this too!

[@fannimanty6994]

@@cherriesz Nah we finns aren't Scandinavian, it's a term we Nordic people don't use at all to call ourselves with. And Finnish language has a different family tree -from Swedish for example- and our language originates from a culture in Russia. I'm not trying to be mean here, I love the fact that Tolkien used our Nordic language too! But just wanted to correct you, because calling us Scandinavian didn't sit right with me. Hopefully you don't, as we would say "vedä hernettä nenään" and get angry at me for correcting you.

[@MD-fm6if]

People like to say he used Latin - he referred to Quenyan Elvish being 'Elf Latin' in the sense of who uses it or studies it, but he doesn't put Latin into the language itself. Welsh was the biggest influence on the sound of Elvish ie Sindarin.

[@9a72a]

@@fannimanty6994 as far as I know, many people call Finland scandinavian country for their close story with Sweden, which may have caused cultural mix and etc. Finno-ugric family doesn't seem to be big by now, this specific culture in Russia you mentioned is gone by its natural form, that's why everyone is unaware of it. There are few republics inside RF like Karelia and Mordovia, some places have names from finno-ugric language (Volga river, ancient city Ladoga), some words in russian. But it feels more like pieces of what's left.

[@colonyofrats4193]

A lot of the elvish worlds are straight up just Welsh words lmao 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and a lot of the names such as Arwen and Éowyn

[@mewmew6158]

I'm SO GLAD Asians have someone pointing out these things that are spreading ignorance about different Asian cultures. This is saddening and embarrassing, not even as a Westerner, just as a person.

[@lavender1653]

Same as a black person I have been thinking about it.

[@Dtzeo503]

Yeah i know! I am so glad because there are so many Black KZbinrs like that. So i am thankful for Sherliza for doing this for us!

[@princessyarkor730]

I see u everywhere in the videos I watch I just don’t comment lol

[@user-tn7kl3sq2r]

westerners taking our culture sucks like for me they take bindis and wear them at cochlea and see it as hip and cool but when a person of that culture wears it isn’t seen as an off button in their head?🤡 the world needs to change

[@mewmew6158]

@@inferiorinferno8859 Nobody said war crimes were a less important issue and I definitely wouldn't disagree if someone called America terrorists. They most likely put white culture in quotes referring to a certain kind of white American and/or white European, rather than ALL white people. It's interesting you say that white countries are better for people because some of them are actively taking away rights from LGBTQ+ and women (e.g. Russia and Poland). Most countries aren't safe because governments are corrupt and spread ignorance (most things learned in for example U.S. history are biased or inaccurate and not everyone does their own research). Why would regular people be able to apologize for something they can't control or had nothing to do with? How can I a random 16 year old girl fix America, so America can apologize for the HORRENDOUS things it has done? Explain it and I'll get it done, oh wait, I CAN'T! What I can do is try my personal hardest to not be ignorant to people's existence and experience simply because they speak a different language or live on the other side of the world. I choose everyday to not be ignorant, to learn about other people and how things make them feel. Nobody has any damn empathy, clearly neither do you. How would you feel if something cherished or sacred to YOUR ancestors was made a prop in a movie and given no credit at all? Is that not disrespectful to you? Is the white savior trope not a hurtful way to make POC feel small in American movies? Have you ever not had a character to relate to? The lack of proper and respectful representation of all kinds of people effects children and their view of themselves. Idk why I hope all people have any empathy, they don't. Nobody cares when someone wants to take off their skin and just fit in or be treated humanely. Why is THAT not a problem to you? I'm half white myself, but I don't feel attacked every time someone says "white people" this or that because me and my family don't take part in hurting people based on skin tone or culture. I fully understand that people of European descent have many cultures and traditions, sadly when my mom's family came to America, they left their Austrian traditions in Austria. Most people don't see white Americans talk about their family traditions outside of Christmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving (first 3 that came to mind, but there are other's). If you don't want people to be ignorant about white cultures, then tell them about some groups of white people that may have been stolen from or honestly, tell people about anyone who didn't take, murder, and conquer. There ARE groups of white people today who don't have ancestors who took part in genocide or enslaved people. Most people ARE ignorant, that's the problem dude. You said fighting ignorance with ignorance was continuing the cycle, right? Then, why did you dismiss all the Asians who just felt seen, heard, and cared about when this video talked about them for a change? Someone DID care about Mongolia and it's people, but you brought up Japan and suffering that regular people can never apologize for. That's dismissive, which is also apart of the cycle you brought up (fighting ignorance with ignorance). I started this thread and I have zero issues with you putting information about white cultures here. I do have a problem with that hurtful and dismissive comment you made about people not caring about all Asian people. Just because someone who can't properly form sentences doesn't think "white culture" should desecrate and customize parts of people's cultures, doesn't mean you get to attack an entire race of people and make them feel small. You could've left that last paragraph in your mind, but you wanted to hurt somebody's feelings because you didn't like seeing people be ignorant to your race's culture. How do you think POC feel everyday?

[@j-hizzy]

I'm a black woman, and hearing you talk about your dad and finding solace in your heritage/culture brings tears to my eyes. You and your family are so beautiful and SO GREAT. 💖🌈💐

[@eclipsse3050]

💜

[@letsbefrankkpop1041]

@@karolina-uk7pp probably the same person who asked for your opinion

[@viboystx1940]

Toby October I like this place

[@messybarbie]

karolina aa it's cus as a black women she can understand and relate to how it feels when people are appropriating your culture. Stupid ass

[@letsbefrankkpop1041]

@@karolina-uk7pp so by your own reasoning, your question was redundant then

[@winterv9970]

The Sims were able to make up their own language (albeit inspired by english), Star Wars has no excuse.

[@winterv9970]

@@Cha4k I understand what you're saying, but you can't be racist against the English because we're the ones that invaded and colonised other countries and ripped their cultures and religions away and forced them to speak our language. Maybe otherwise we'd be allowed to have a say, but we made this bed so we must lay in it. In general our "culture" isn't threatened by our language being used like it is in The Sims.

[@primisole123]

@@Cha4k Also if white Americans create a game, then they're not appropriating their own language bro

[@winterv9970]

@sleepy devil I see where you're coming from and fully understand you. But I really feel like white people are exempt in the grand scheme of things. As a white person I will never experience racism towards myself. Those who may feel trepidation towards my whiteness comes from a place of fear and resentment of what people that share my skin colour have done and continue to do so. And like I said before; we made this bed so we shall lay in it. Until we are all equal that conversation can't be had.

[@vzxlid]

@@winterv9970 THIS COMMENT 👏 I’m so happy to see someone other than POC saying this haha (no hate or anything, you were very very well spoken)

[@mslita09]

NO! The Sims language was a mixture of ALL types of languages from EVERYWHERE!

[@melodysooyaa1370]

If you aren’t Asian, you don’t have the right to tell Asian people how they should feel. If they feel offended, then they are allowed to feel offended.

[@cynthiadinh8405]

exactly, as one myself it is soo annoying and aggravating

[@bluelily3514]

It's despicable.

[@李珊-f2r]

Exactly

[@Iris-iy9ye]

good point, but the french don't feel offended at the rest of the world wearing jeans. i mean at this point, french braids are also a cultural appropriation, because they were created by europeans. i personally make the difference between cultural appreciation and culture mockery. and those are two very different things. they can feel offended, that doesn't mean people have to stop doing whatever they do. If japanese feel offended by americans wearing kimonos, you gotta make the difference between admiring one's cultural clothes and someone making fun or just 'disguising' as japanese (type yellow face). (also yes, they should have given credits)

[@Joe_mama19]

I agreed with that bc I always hear that people are like "culture appreciation" and I even rarely mocking Mexicans, I think. So I secretly liked to be Mexican cuz I'm Mexican (I'm not full Mexican but I'm mostly Mexican) be proud who you are!💜

[@morgane.1204]

Before y'all get mad, thinking she's attacking the animated show I'd just like to say she's mostly talking about the live action version

[@jt5618]

There was a movie on avatar which wasn't that good tbh

[@lillyjordan]

there is no avatar movie in Ba Sing Se 👁👄👁

[@justsomeone6517]

What the last airbender movie? That doesn't exist. It has never existed. There is nowhere where this exists. There is no live action movie in Ba Sing Se.

[@Jlsphobia]

mdt me the worst part the creator didn’t know what he did wrong but like White washing It taking 6 earthbenders to move a pebble And the constant UNG

[@id10cyy]

Lilly Jordan my last braincell asks what a ba sing se is

[@LifewithViv281]

On a serious note I’m so upset that racism towards Asians is pretty normalised in the media and because of covid the racism had increased

[@punkithecat]

Me too! It is very sad. I'm mexican, but my city has a lot to do with asians, especially with the chinese, since they were one of the groups of founders of the city, and also have helped our economy a lot, our tourism literally depends on them, our city isnt known for the best chinese food in Mexico for nothing. I think there are more chinese restaurants than mexican ones lol. But still, it is a very depressing fact that racism is so normalized, especially against asians, I don't understand how they act like this, knowing that our city wouldn't exist as it is if it weren't for them. It is also surprising that they don't teach us about their culture and language at school (there is only like 2 schools, I think, private of course, the government wouldn't bother), when it's our responsability to do so. I wish I had realized these awful issues sooner, but I'm glad I did on time, my sister and I, are starting to learn their language and their culture, I really hope that the rest of the city start to realize this. (even if they didnt have to do with the city's history/roots, they shouldnt act this way)

[@yoyohayli]

It sucks even more because the exact same people who will be racist toward Asians like that are also the people searching up "young Asian teen" on pornhub

[@notnyx5582]

It's because Asian people doesn't talk about it that much like black people do

[@blanke_]

Ikr...

[@준-c5t]

@@yoyohayli cuz the media show and a lot of ppl see asians as e x o t i c c r e a t u r e s and use for their pleasure but I wheezed at your comment. I didn't know that was the most searched on ph😂💀

[@emilyanchia239]

Just a quick and interesting historical note about the villain's "glowing eyes" in Disney's Mulan. Written accounts by various men who met Genghis Khan consistently describe him as having "cat eyes." Historians were intrigued that this detail would be mentioned in so many different accounts, that it is thought his eye color or maybe even shape of his pupil may have had a less common genetic trait that has became extinct for a long time now. I've learned about this through a history podcast "Dan Carlin's Hardcore History," he did an entire series on Gengis and Khubla Khan. *Edit* some people have corrected me that Ghengis Khan was a Mongol, not a Hun, and that Dan Carlin's podcast is not necessarily a reliable source. Thank you! I'll leave this comment here just because the description does come from firsthand accounts and this may still have been an inspiration for the glowing eyes in Mulan!

[@finierude]

Ooooooh, that's really interesting.

[@Zinervawyrm]

Is it possible the man may have had blue eyes then? Or another rare and recessive color like green?

[@forgottozhonya957]

Wow, such a unique trait to associate with Genghis Khan. (Imagining Neko version)

[@leeharris6637]

@@Zinervawyrm Maybe they were actually glowing?? That'd be dope

[@ep8246]

He was also described as haveing devil eyes. The thing they were describing was the Asian slanted look. Which was so "wired" "the spawn of the devil" we are not bad and undisciplined warriors they are just other worldly.

[@clumsyme22]

Avatar the Last Airbender is a perfect example of Asian representation made by two white dudes. Usually theres only Asian representation if its fetishized but the creators of ATLA took YEARS creating the story for the show and even studied Asian cultures and asked actual Asian martial artists when creating the show. Meanwhile literally every cyberpunk/sci fi stuff likes incorporating Asian elements just for the aesthetic. Tokyo nightlige? Asian text that dont even make sense? Female Asian love interest thats quiet and timid... the list goes on

[@user-tn7kl3sq2r]

i think avatar was a great example of what people who study the asian. culture can achieve. for example did you see aladdin? disney fucked up what they thought was asian culture and mixed indian with arab. they just didn’t look into it enough and could have achieved something amazing if they did.

[@thatswazupp34]

greg the leprechaun from lahore prince of Egypt was phenomenal as well those guys did their research.

[@user-tn7kl3sq2r]

Elliot Opie i don’t think so they literally have a song for arabian nights in the animation but then mix up indian and arab culture

[@BratzRockAngels]

That, and the characters are actually Asian.

[@max1mum0verdr1ve]

Yeah, and if I remember correctly, the writers of ATLA had a calligraphy expert on staff so the characters would make sense. Like, they did their homework. I really appreciate that.

[@OxyPox]

In relation to Star Wars.. Personally, I think it's great that they're taking inspiration from other cultures. That being said, the denial that they HAVE taken inspiration is what bothers me and just calling it "new and never seen before alien attire" is just wrong and offensive ! There's nothing wrong with admitting to your inspiration, and in fact it opens up more cultures to more people. I'm not a Star Wars fan but from what I've seen there's an obvious Asian influence on the character design and profile. It's disappointing, to say the least.

[@MatthewSmith-jy3eu]

I'm guessing the producer guy and George Lucas literally had no idea where the ideas came from, but the actual concept artists must have known. So I think the problem is partly because of the lack of communication between the two teams, and that they wouldn't have been so disrespectful if they actually knew that these were Mongolian inspired designs.

[@airyfairyfae]

when i visited a star wars museum it compared references from Asian culture

[@crimeslime5419]

In the text 7:22 it looks like they said “from Russian noblewoman attire to an exotic...” but then it cuts off ): Were they about to say ‘Mongolian’? Idk why She cut it off there, personally I think it would’ve made a difference if they’d at least acknowledged their inspirations. Too bad there’s no link to the article. But either way, as an artist I dislike how they’ve copied the Mongolian wardrobe almost exactly, and claimed it as their own as it was. They could’ve changed it drastically and actually made it look otherworldly.

[@MatthewSmith-jy3eu]

@kim bobe I know. I commented before I finished watching the video, which is obviously something you should never do so I regret that. I'm not trying to excuse them because they should have definitely done better, but I think in this example its ignorance, not malice... although the neimoidians give me second thoughts.... that's even less excusable. I realised they were extremely racist even as a little kid, so I have no idea how no one mentioned in it at the studio...

[@vivianavila9745]

they have only admitted to be "inspired" by certain cultures. The director said that prencess Leia's hair was inspired by indigenous women in Mexico during the mexican revolution, and as a mexican, I was surprised to know of this just now

[@Kueenenchantment]

I never understood why asian, african and native american culture was so shitted on. I love our cultures. Our cultures were so colorful and beautiful. Respect to my asian brothas and sistas. ✊✊🏽✊🏻✊🏼✊🏾✊🏿

[@sophiehanna2069]

I count my blessings that the most white people appropriated from my culture was hummos... I mean they did add chocolate and all but to have have things I hold so dear to my culture and identity mocked and used for the "AESTHETIC ™" is something I can't even begin to fathom. I hope you reach a point in history where you never have to speak about that subject in the present tense

[@Glensley]

I love ppl like you 😔❤

[@petrichorbones]

sadly the answer is probably colonialism. bc the colonialist countries needed to demonise these other cultures to make sure their people were ok with and totally on board with what was happening, so of course that ideology gets passed down and imbedded in people's minds

[@sowhat8578]

+arabs

[@kekw5153]

im blessed to be asian i love it, we have so much differences and we have the most amazing cuisines too HEHEHE

[@alejandrobolin5224]

I had a schoolmate who would constantly be bullied and harassed literally for just being asian, that kind of racism is literally never spoken that much about because is not as common. It is pretty disheartening how it is portrait in media because I feel it is a big influence on the way people in the west treat people who have eastern heritage, this was an amazing video, can't wait for part 2.

[@Kata_Rin]

that reminds me of how my classmate called me mulan in 4th grade. i didn’t know what racism was at the time but i thought mulan was really cool so i just rolled with it. to this day i guess it could be seen as offensive but i still like mulan haha!

[@kamilklepacki1283]

Why did he emigrate then? He wouldn't have been bullied if he stayed in his fatherland and attended a normal asian school.

[@kamilklepacki1283]

I hate emigrants, I despise them all, even the Poles (my compatriots) who emigrate to the west because they feel like they want more money and then they're outraged because the natives treat them without respect! There's no surprise, you came there just because you want more fucking money and you can't even speak the country's language properly! That's the reason I don't feel sorry for your friend one bit!

[@alejandrobolin5224]

@@kamilklepacki1283 well I don't give a shit about your opinion then

[@__.o8887]

people emigrate for different reasons. some are looking to escape bad conditions back home; some want better opportunities. some just want a new place to call home. treating someone badly because they look different, come from a different culture, or happen to move places without any harmful motives is a shit move. trying to defend that is a shit move. they were a kid minding their own business. nothing justifies that kind of harassment. and stop projecting your own experiences and prejudices on people who have nothing to do with it. defending racism with your weak argument has no place here.

[@killuazoldyckhunter]

I almost cried when you talked about how Avatar the Last Airbender was comforting. I relate to it so much.

[@utubeagnesia]

I felt goosebumps and almost cried like you. In very happy she helps represent asian culture/appropriations. The goods and the bads.

[@soybeanlegs1987]

I know right. It’s so amazing when you recognize a word or even the clothes of a character. Its one of the reasons I love Avatar so so much. I feel like I’m... “understood” somehow

[@jjae3872]

me too!

[@Audrey-vr8rk]

Ok but I did cry😭

[@jenniferwang3742]

kim bobe wAIT your teacher was Gene Yang?? Wasn’t he the main writer for all the comics? 👁👄👁

[@tamdabear]

Star Wars sold “alien snacks” at Disney Land that was just Asian trail mix lmfaoooo

[@ursulasakurako]

really??? God that's bad

[@tamdabear]

Ursula Sakurako yeah and apparently it was $8 overpriced asf 😩

[@KimmikooBlossom]

Noooooo please tell me, they didn’t.

[@diuxyo]

i feel so bad for laughing lmfaoo, but calling other cultures food "alien" could be very harmful lol

[@emmacuccaz]

ur joking

[@OmniaViridis]

Everyone keeps saying thag "it was ten years ago, who cares" And I will quote D'Angelo Wallace "2008 was not some magical time where you could wear black face and it was funny."

[@blueboss8309]

Bella Immaculate Jackson people can change

[@OmniaViridis]

@@blueboss8309 🙄

[@NotAnotherKuromi]

It was 10 years ago in relation to what? It's insulting to me & anyone older when people try to claim that 100% of people in the past were ignorant about, or supportive of: racism, sexism, homophobia, pedophilia, or any other huge prejudice & general lying.

[@hexmaniacgabby5160]

Fr people really tryna act like we forgot what 2008 was like.

[@aygulmemet4201]

😂 D'Angelo Wallace also commented in this video

[@muun6834]

Me, a Mongolian, watching this video to hear someone talk about Mongolia for once

[@Lstarification]

Ikr. Feels like she hit the spot

[@waitwhat55]

Same

[@NIHIL_EGO]

No joke, the only thing I know you guys is that you like horses, tents, have a rad silver statues, and something about a creation myth with a wolf and a doe.

[@kazuhalovers]

@@NIHIL_EGO me too! (even though i'm asian) The media almost never talk about Mongolia so all i know is those stereotype :(

[@unuboldlavien9281]

Ikr and its the 1st time i see a youtuber i like talking about mongolia 👀❤

[@MOMOHEARTS]

They really need to talk about Mongolian history more in schools like they do with other Asian cultures. Like I only knew what I learned from Mulan and from my grandparents, old Chinese movies, and from the as they went to China a long time ago. But the sad part is that you learn the aggressive part of Mongolian history more then anything else cause of the fact those warriors tore down China's walls and etc.

[@mishkamishka1734]

There are only 3million Mongols, whereas there are 1 billion Chinese. It doesn’t surprise me that history is biased towards the Chinese

[@constantlyannoying]

If you want accurate history, take a more advanced class. I think a lot of people say “oh we don’t get taught this in school” actually we do get taught this but you took a general class. A gen ed class doesnt have the time allotted to things like this. I took AP World and we did learn about this and a whole lot of other things that people say “we didn’t learn this in school”

[@ep8246]

@@mishkamishka1734 idk Mongolia made China small for a considerable period. Made russia lik their boots after they talked big game comepering the mongols to the devil but then lost to emberesing degree. China aren't 1 billion people but rather many regions and groups who got subjugated into submission Chinas last dynasty. They are all Chinese is colonial way of thinking. China has been around for a long time but its falls apart like there was no tomorrow and they usually were not well liked, especially in the later areas. The last dynasty borders stayed that way due colonial interference. If colonialism has busted through in the three kingdoms period probably would have evolved into there diffrent colonies. Chinas dynasties are diffrent empires kinda like the shift from the Greek to Roman not one humongous country. Mongolia "irrelevance" are other empires and influences being sore losers. Mongolia beat them, achieved bigger greatness without imposing harsh serfdom which basicly slavery but you never got sold just conquered. Oh and systematic mass genocide wasnt a thing - Russia and China could never

[@nars_bars8774]

They should also teach about Japanese conquest during WWII over other Asian countries.

[@MNGN101]

Do you expect schools to teach about every culture ever? It's all relative to their historic impact. Mongolians had the most historical significance when they tried to rule the world, so that's what's often explored. It's no different from Germany and their role in the world war.

[@elisedelaserre9453]

So the whole franchise is inspired by Asian cultures and there weren’t any asian characters till Rogue One? loool

[@una877]

Off point but this just reminded me how brilliant Asian cinema is in general ugh

[@NaNa-wy2tk]

They like the cultures, and not the people responsible for creating those cultures lol.

[@Dtzeo503]

@@una877 there are so many Hollywood remakes of Asian movies.

[@emmacuccaz]

@@Dtzeo503 like its painful

[@una877]

@@Dtzeo503 yeah and lots of non-English European ones as well. I suppose it boils Americans not liking subtitles and the need to Americanize all foreign cultural products for easy consumption.

[@GrayishPhoenix4]

Mongolian attire is so unique. Especially women’s attire.

[@GrayishPhoenix4]

RedMD I don’t it’s think the fact that they are using it in a movie that’s bad. It’s just the fact that they are blatantly taking the culture and their attire and passing it off as their own unique design. I mean yeah they changed it a bit, but not enough to pass it off as their own design.

[@princessthyemis]

yeah!

[@veronikasoroka1209]

Actually they were opened about this.

[@MrApplehair]

Sad fact it’s not Mongolian actually and she misinterpreted information. This type of clothes comes from Tengrianism which was widespread in Central Asia as well, for example in Kazakhstan

[@GrayishPhoenix4]

Carpe Diem Tengrianism is a religion that was practiced by the Mongols and a few other cultures. Tengrianism is part of Mongolian culture. It might not have been strictly Mongolian but the examples she is using in this video are in fact Mongolian. So no she didn’t get it wrong.

[@jiminsunsweetenedcereal627]

Can we talk about how normal it was to yellow face? Why not just hire someone of the right race I promise it will save a bunch of paint. You also won’t be racist or appropriating.

[@parkchimmin7913]

Ikr? Either that or they just portray an Asian character as white (ex: Ghost in the Shell and ATLA). It’s like Hollywood thinks that Asian = white.

[@sooosuss7154]

Whitewashing happens to this day...emma stone played a half Hawaiian half chinese in aloha....cloudatlas ommg that movie is a mess....and the last airbender, the leads are all white....so disgusting and disrespectful

[@sooosuss7154]

@@parkchimmin7913 ommg ghost in the shell how could I forget that one....worst whitewashing controversy

[@parkchimmin7913]

Sooo Süss Holy shit, I forgot the mess that was Cloud Atlas. That’s not even whitewashing, that’s straight up yellow face. Their faces belong on the uncanny valley.

[@sooosuss7154]

@@parkchimmin7913 the other issue is also about white saviour movies like avatar...the na"vi were fine and all the sudden a white man arrived and saved their world....its so fucked up....and soo many other movies the blind side, the help, last samurai....and many more

[@nicholasgerry6931]

I'm a simple guy, I saw Zuko on thumbnail I clicked.

[@jayadora]

They white washed the hell out of avatar the last airbender movie. Hopfully, they do better with the live action remake

[@zenzonerzz4789]

And the fire nation being hindi was quite strange too.

[@gggyuli]

To be fair the director is indian and he casted the movie. Still very strange considering he made the heros white and the villians Poc???

[@clarinamascarenhas7499]

Yeah generally the Netflix remakes of failed live actions are generally a lot better for example a series of unfortunate events. They also tend to be more diverse in casting.

[@Kendorable]

They will, the original creators are working on the Netflix remake so it'll be respectful. They had almost zero say on the theatrical film.

[@Kendorable]

@@clarinamascarenhas7499 it's also similar since Dan Handler/"Lemony Snicket" was involved in the Netflix remake and Brian and Mike who created Avatar are working directly on the Avatar Netflix series and both film versions had zero creator involvement. Although the ASOUE film was way better than The Last Airbender movie.

[@paneenee]

It's crazy how minorities' distinct cultures were ridiculed, and now they are being imitated/appropriated. Make it make sense! You cannot steal someone's culture, claim it for yourself and not expect people from that culture to be upset. Cultures have important historical context behind them, and people need to respect that. I really hope that one day minorities can stand together, even though we have different backgrounds, we all share the same history when it comes to mistreatment from those colonizers. Everyone pls try to be respectful to one another when having discussions under this comment! Be good people and have humanity pls ❤

[@squishyfrog1447]

Mimi Mi white ppl have culture?

[@leahgodlien9856]

@@squishyfrog1447 Just like there are different Asian cultures... From Thai to India..... "white" people arent just from Britain. Where it's bland ........ (even not all of Britain is bland ass England....).. Scottish, Irish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Hungarian........ Etc etc etc.... How about Russians... I read people talking about headdresses, well do any of you know what a kokoshnik is ? Talking about how Star wars costume designers stole things from Asian cultures, yet some of the costume headdresses look rather a lot like a Kokoshnik..... Google Austrian headdresses from the mid 19th century... Also looks a lot like some of the costumes from Star wars.... Look at hand beaded tradition wear from Croatia...... My gosh, look at the traditional wedding headdresses from Norway .. ( Look up a traditional Bunad bridal costume...) .. Google the elaborate headdresses Ukrainian women wear. .. As someone Who is Croatian, Russian, Ukrainian and Norwegian... I very much have culture. And I hate that living in a North American country, that my family assimilated and nearly lost our traditions with moving here so that we were in a melting pot... But as well... With western countries who love to relish in being multi-cultural countries... What do you expect?? Of course there is going to be " borrowing" , "stealing" etc of other cultures...... But I really think people need to start doing their own research before crying foul all the time... Especially if you really are uneducated of other countries outside of Japan, Korea, Africa, India etc etc etc ( you know... Countries that aren't "white" countries... ) "White " countries have culture whether you want to believe it or not ... :/

[@randomemail4742]

squishyfrog no, but neither do asian people, latinx people, black people, etc. no race has its own culture. Norwegians, Ugandans, Argentinians, Mongolians, Scottish, Ghanaians, Japanese etc people have cultures. culture is not shared by skin color but by nationality. it’s stupid to say white people have no culture but asian people do, as that’s not true. an ENTIRE race does not have a culture that’s shared, people from individual countries and nationalities DO. even within those countries, culture is so diverse and not shared by everyone, ie the Haka and Mara people of Burma have cultures all their own that are not shared by other.

[@parkchimmin7913]

squishyfrog Just to clarify, only white Europeans have culture.

[@leahgodlien9856]

Park ChimMin ... meanwhile... in Canada, we have a festival in my province called Mosaic, which is literally a celebration of all the cultural differences in Canada...... you can be of European decent, and live in Canada/America or any other country for that matter, and you still have culture if you wish to explore it and celebrate it... me being of Canadian nationality does not negate my Norse/Slavic heritages. my family roots are not from here, and I’ll be damned if someone thinks they can tell me or any other person, they have no culture. I don’t know how USA is so I can’t speak for them.. but in Canada, we are urged in this country to celebrate where we all came from. No matter how long ago it was that our family put roots here... I know and acknowledge had my Great-great grandfather and his wife no t immigrated to North America from Norway and my great grandfather from Ukraine, not come here, I would not exist.. and I honour my families original roots passionately........ and a comment like yours, almost comes off as ignorant. Not sure if it’s how you intended. But if someone from a non white country comes to Canada or USA.. does their culture/heritage magically disappear? No... it doesn’t. And that’s the same for “white” people who have come from “white” countries who come to melting pot countries . If it wasn’t for non white people telling me and others over and over that I had no culture, I wouldn’t have bothered to explore my families heritages... so I got to thank all the non white folks for guiding me in the path of realizing I had amazing and beautiful cultures within me to explore and celebrate and that I don’t need to celebrate someone else’s (that does not mean I disrespect people and their cultures) to feel like I belong.. and I don’t need to worry about being excused of appropriating because I had my own roots to show off. And I will add as well.. if I saw someone who wasn’t at all connected to any of my heritages. I would never tell them they couldn’t be apart of it. And there are also white cultures that have traditional garb I would never wear because I have no connection or right to it as it is disrespectful (so I understand for other cultures why certain garb is seen as disrespectful when an “outsider” wears something for a fashion statement) example: I would never wear A kilt or a skirt that looked like one in any way or form as I do think it’s disrespectful to the people behind it as each colour etc is connected to a clan/last name... we as people of this world, have so much to learn from one another.....

[@user-gj3fp4pg2m]

the ironic thing is that even MINIONS have their own language, and its a mix of almost every language. this is so funny to watch lmao

[@aquabluerose7734]

Yes!!! The funniest thing was when a minion yelled "piñata!" while pulling out a flyswatter. (Which is especially hilarious because flyswatter is matamoscas not piñata although I guess you hit the fly like a piñata 🤣)

[@hanindhira]

Well come to think of it maybe its bcs they basically travel the world to search the perfect master and stumbled upon many languages

[@user-gj3fp4pg2m]

hanin dhira i just searched it up and apparently it’s a mix of french, spanish, italian, and english so you’re definitely not wrong. plus surprisingly, they have food references in their language-

[@hanindhira]

@@user-gj3fp4pg2m yeah watching minions movie many times make me have this conclusion, also the fact that they adapt fast to the culture was brilliant too.

[@Ricky-pn6wd]

im black and wanted to explore how other minorities are socially oppressed. Im sad that some ppl are only aware of the hardships they face instead of diving into others too. I get it mind your business.. but wouldn't it be great if schools taught kids about other cultures so that they could have more appreciation for it??? Edit:Just now looking at the comments u guys r completely right in a worldwide perspective Asian people in general are not a minority💕

[@perrasintheghetto]

Since when is asian people a minority?

[@Ricky-pn6wd]

@@perrasintheghetto Your right, A male Han Chinese is the most common person in the world. I meant in America/ the U.S.

[@saberfan]

@@perrasintheghetto minority refers to the western world.

[@kennyb1588]

What's funny is if you're speaking world wide population wouldn't white people actually be the minority? Not trying to be rude just curious

[@kennyb1588]

@The Marvelets Elitestan if you look at population numbers world wide European people are actually one of the minority’s and this post is talking about minority cultures so if you look world wide the minority culture would be European in theory though not in practice 😂💗

[@emmacuccaz]

Y'all are like 'Asians should voice their opinions' ' Asians shouldn't let themselves be trampled' or whatever but most Asians have this non-confrontational thing going on. As an Asian living in Europe I have been raised in a different culture and am more vocal about racism in general. Once when one of my cousins flew over, I went to go pick him up from the airport and a group of people were shouting at him to go back to China; I told him to say something to them and when I tell you he shut down like I mean he just shut down. I ended up having a massive go at them but ya know.

[@jaida2636]

Wow, that's actually not cool at all. Hope your cousin has recovered on that. That's straight up racism, public humiliation, and stupid. Not every Asian comes from China.

[@anishkasharan9952]

that is so true, people in countries that are majorly white do experience a different lifestyle. I am Indian and I live in Australia and I stand up for myself, but whenever I visit home, people actually take the insults and abuse because it is so deeply engraved within their minds. We definitely should empower the actual countries and their people more, cause we living in European/developed countries do have some privileges that our ethnic countrymen don't.

[@emmacuccaz]

@@jaida2636 aw thank you so much, he is rather wary if these types of things now and only likes to take flights that arrive at night.

[@emmacuccaz]

@@anishkasharan9952 preach 🙌 🙌 it is so very upsetting to see that so many people have to put up with this type of abuse. In some places racism and prejudice has become normalized and it just isn't right. So many of our parents and ancestors have had so much courage and moved to a different country, and ended up having to deal with these sorts of situations.

[@Cloverfr]

Then voicing their opinion should be encouraged, I don't think talking in place of someone else should be the solution, often the third part can't tell when something is serious or not, or see the real issues, because is a third party. I often see people "defending" latino culture making a mess out of their points, specially second/third generation Hispanic descendents who think they understand the issues, but they don't. Someone well inform is welcome, but often people is not as inform as they think.

[@toriiskarlet274]

I'm not asian but I am of Native american and African decent so I can relate to having parts of your culture used for "fashion" (such as the ceremonial headdress) or for a certain "look" and sometimes it really hurts because no one takes in consideration your hardships in actually trying keep your culture and just take it and try to make it there own

[@tyonnalong1354]

Laviath why are you about to start cryin when she didn’t even mention white people?

[@toriiskarlet274]

No I just mean people in general ;-; People in the film industry, people in the fashion industry, not just specifically white people all sorts of people take from Native american culture. I apologize if it seemed like I was saying that

[@slyninja4444]

What do those 2 things have to do with each other though? What does using Amerindian garb as a fashion trend have to do with the hardships of Native Americans?

[@koikat6638]

@@slyninja4444 When it comes to fashion, in many cultures certain clothing pieces are sacred or used for very specific occasions that are unique to that culture. Since these are so rooted in the culture, any oppression that the culture faced/faces will thus affect the item in question.

[@slyninja4444]

@@koikat6638 Oppression of Native Americans vs Amerindian inspired fashion trends The two things are not directly correlated (even if you bring in the sacred nature of the garb). By this same logic Muslim women cant wear American flag hijabs because of 9 11 (bear in mind the flag is a sacred thing to Americans). We are not going to accept responsibility for the actions of our ancestors and other white people.

[@hyphuong4567]

As a creator one has to know that it’s okay to take inspirations, however it’d be better to mention the culture that inspired you so that more people can be exposured to and be able to appreciate it (the traditional attire, the makeup, the ideology, etc). Litterally copying, acting proudly as if it all comes from your own imagination, then proceeds to call it “other worldly alien attire” is something so bizarre that i cannot even imagine

[@redpanda7277]

I agree, but tbh is it really inspiration? Cuz it's pretty much a copy, like there's no creativity. They could've at least added the make up and made a similar hairstyle. The fact that they were not creative and did not give credits is disappointing

[@kaiworld5215]

@@redpanda7277 that's how I feel when I see khiphop, KR&b, and kpop. No credit and no originality but their sound derived from black people especially KR&b and our sound is cultural itself. Here's the thing, there has to be a respect for the people and the culture in which you get your "influence" from. Cultural monuments should be kept away from especially if you are doing it for aesthetic purpose and under your own agenda. Some might say " why are you mad when music is universal and everyone gets influence off everyone else" well because why should they have a piece of our culture ( because let's be honest there would be none of that without black people's sound) when some places in Korea still won't allow black people inside their establishments. So people feel unheard and disrespected when someone their people are still getting disrespected for their cultural traditions and someone turns around and does it for aesthetic purposes.

[@kaiworld5215]

@Wilfy Martinez LMAOOO yesss it's so ridiculous to me. It's like you calling us weird and trying to beat our culture out of us just turn around and see you imitating it. Then when we don't want you to wear our shit it's "Relaxxxx" 😂 I'll never understand this

[@hyphuong4567]

@@redpanda7277 i do said in the latter part of my comment that they're basically copying

[@hyphuong4567]

@Wilfy Martinez IKR the whole "other worldly alien attire" thing is just absurd and hurtful because it's litterally someone's cultural heritage that they're talking about. If they want real alien attire why not just go and make their own thing entirely from imagination or learn how to "take inspirations" properly

[@mia7061]

Dude I’m Native and hispanic and istg people “dressing up” with Native headdresses for halloween pisses me off so freaking much.

[@melannydayrethratliff1309]

How can u be native? Wow your familu never mix with other kind of people?

[@mia7061]

@@melannydayrethratliff1309 there are people indigenous to latin america. those native people mixed with the spanish who colonized our land along with the slaves who were "imported". so yes I am native but also hispanic.

[@magatamaagitsune5635]

@@melannydayrethratliff1309 Natives still exist in various communities across the Americas. I am a descendant of a member of the Lokono tribe.

[@melannydayrethratliff1309]

@@magatamaagitsune5635 i know but suppously in the school teacher tell me that they live without wifi. 🤭

[@magatamaagitsune5635]

@@melannydayrethratliff1309 wegfui33h0irf that is misinformation 😭

[@Natalie-zi4di]

When I was a kid, I had some friends over and they saw a picture of me in my hanbok. They made fun of me for weeks. Not long after that my dad took me to the prequels and I was like, "Isn't he wearing a jeogori? Does this mean it's cool now?" I actually felt so much better after that, but as I grew up I realized that I was grasping for any representation that I could. It would've been so much more meaningful if I could see an actual Korean person in a famous movie.

[@NelsonStJames]

Yeah, it's funny how it's takes the entertainment industry in America, to make someone's culture "cool", and people act like it's progressive.

[@eka455]

Can’t believe someone would make fun of you for that. I didn’t know what that was but after looking it up I don’t see why. It’s truly beautiful. I’m very sorry you had to suffer because of someone else’s ignorance and prejudice. People should really learn to respect others cultures and/or religions even if they don’t quite understand it.

[@NotAnotherKuromi]

Wow that sucks, did your parents try to educate your friends about traditional attire? It's a shame more parents dont educate their children. It's not that difficult to raise your children to be respectful & kind (even if they are ignorant.)

[@Natalie-zi4di]

@@NotAnotherKuromi My parents weren't around when it happened since they'd usually tease me at school. In hindsight, I wish I'd said something, but they were supposed to be my friends and it's always hard to realize those things aren't normal or healthy without an adult's perspective.

[@준-c5t]

I hope you cut those friends off. kick em out and tell them to hit you up when they are more educated🙏🏽 obviously their mind and eyes are closed shut

[@samofsamnation7523]

Star Wars: “hey can I copy your homework?” Mongolian Cultures: “I mean, alright man but just make it your own.” Star Wars: **Ewok noises** Now that I have your attention... I feel like there’s something to be said about Star Wars. I think it represents a deep-seated issue with American-based content and the culture in general. A lot of these movies and shows center around aliens and being “foreign” for American audiences, and that’s the problem. Copy-pasting asian cultures into Sci-fi media is blatantly calling the cultures “alien” and weird, furthering the “these cultures are alien and weird” narrative instead of actually expressing appreciation for the cultures. What makes it worse is when they act like they’re revolutionaries for copy-pasting these cultures without giving credit.

[@_aiko020]

Yes exactly

[@neegas3490]

I didn't even know star wars took away from Asian culture this is good to know

[@samofsamnation7523]

m i l k t e a Cool! I’m American with Scandinavian/Upper European heritage lol, not super interesting.

[@tinakulakove614]

Most of star wars is inspired by asian culture... even the ideology beliving in force and fighting style are based on asian culture... as an asian who loves star wars I find it intrueging the way it was written by the book based ...

[@kennyb1588]

Oh just so you guys know the bulk of Alien characters in Star Wars are played by Black people and other poc and idk why that never sat right with me. Even in the Star Wars lore black characters like Mace Windu and Quinlon Vos are not described as humans but near humans because of the planets they came from but that is never the case with characters like Anakin or Obi wan who also are not from the primary planet that is known for humans in Star Wars but idk maybe I am reaching

[@kaalogiii4127]

Fun fact! Leia's buns are heavily "inspired" by traditional Hopi hairstyles!

[@albertoandrade9807]

Really? I'm pretty sure I saw similar buns on european paintings (royalty I think) But if they actually said they "borrowed" the design from the Hopi then screw them

[@helend7542]

@@albertoandrade9807get over it. People borrow stuff from and are inspired by other cultures all the time.

[@icantg3247]

As a minority watching avatar growing up, even if I wasn’t asian, made me feel so hopeful and wowed that other cultures were being represented. Back then I thought maybe one day, I’d be able to see part of my culture on the screen too.

[@Kata_Rin]

as an asian i felt so happy watching it. my asian culture, buddhism, and my beloved martial arts are so well represented in the show. it’s fun to be able to read the chinese characters, recognize the real-world influences on the show’s outfits, understand the buddhist beliefs displayed in the concept of the avatar, and see martial arts that i have practiced utilized in bending. it’s simply a mash of so many parts of who i am. they outdid themselves.

[@kaceyfenderton975]

If I might ask, what is your culture that you would like to see represented?

[@MasterDomo]

@@kaceyfenderton975 I’m not the person you asked but other types of Latinos/Hispanics and I don’t mean stereotypes of Mexicans and their accents, cultures, family type thing I’m Dominican and Spanish (Dominican and Spain) not Mexican I can’t relate to that 🤷🏻 we are always portrayed as a thick girl or a hairy man with tanned skin, a Sofía Vergara accent, stereotypical “Chicana” or “Chola” with strict parents and anger issues like Trish from Austin and Ally who (mind you) is from Mexican descent. The book of Life (Mexican), Coco (Mexican) Elena of Avalor (Very obviously based off Mexican culture) so you know? We’re not all MEXICAN or PUERTO RICAN just like not everyone is Chinese or Japanese

[@kaceyfenderton975]

@@MasterDomo Thanks for your input. I can see how those stereotypes are portrayed too much. I want to be a cartoonist and I want to see more representation of all different kinds of people, from different backgrounds and different races, sexuality, etc. Representation for anyone who isn't a straight white male at this point isn't good enough.

[@muichiroswife839]

Same but I’m African/Nigerian but I’ve never seen my culture on screen, it kinda makes me less appreciative about my ethnicity and culture- I mean I think hardly anyone knows about our clothes, like “Gele” but I’m also Muslim so- 😅

[@transformearth]

Dude that girl who wanted to be katara went crazy like she was Viet but people wanted an indigenous person to be on the spotlight and she kept lashing out at all of them...😬

[@fantasylight4372]

What?? Is that real?? :0 what did she say??

[@MinatheRaichu]

@@venus3619 The *real* Katara wouldn't be that selfish at the expense of hurting people. I say this in mild jest. Tik tok girl sounds like a whole mess and a half tho

[@AliceStar14]

ATLA is also very comforting to me too! I have Japanese heritage on my mothers side (she is half Japanese) and I grew up in a very white area in the country (Australia) and our house was always decorated with Japanese items, so seeing shows like Avatar that was heavily inspired by Asian cultures made little ol me very happy because in a way it reminded me of my mumma 😊

[@apple-eg5xl]

only sin that ATLA did was pronounce princess Yue as yoo-ay lol (this is a joke)

[@cicerokills1385]

Atla is comforting to me bc I’m Alaskan native and it’s beautiful to us represented

[@emmacuccaz]

aww that is so wholesome

[@AliceStar14]

Tom Neeley aw it’s amazing how the creators did so many representations, and were inspired by so many cultures. You don’t see that too often these days

[@susieluong6298]

apple they also pronounce “mai” wrong. It’s not pronounced as May, but rather “my”.

[@areaofapplauses2258]

As a Mongol myself i can confirm everything said about Mongolia in this video is quite accurate. Btw i love Shang Yu. He’s badass.

[@ginogatash4030]

guess people just really liked the Huns.

[@MrApplehair]

Well her statement was incorrect. It’s not Mongolian, it’s more of Tengrianism. Kazakh dresses and culture has these elements too

[@anicecream3028]

I mean the Hunnus are the only things we are remembered by in world history , and i cant argue with that

[@nachokat4710]

@@MrApplehair what

[@MrApplehair]

@@nachokat4710 you read that right

[@DirectorRose13]

"Never seen before" "Completely fabricate them" "CrEaTiVe MiNdS" . . . Bruh. How dense were these people back then oml

[@sprigganpanda]

Well it sure was never seen before to the general public at least, it's a shame that they didn't give credit though. If you were inspired by (or ripped off) another culture then at least mention it.

[@mayuzumiandme]

@@sprigganpanda my thing is if you're willing to say it was ripped off it could also of never been seen before, so i hate speaking on issues like these, there's really no way to tell if they copied or came up with it because its not like this stuff is legit everywhere idk maybe its me

[@jacobrodriguez7830]

Do some of your own research and fact check. Realize she didn’t show the entire interview. Here is the full interview see for yourself they said openly where they got inspiration from numerous cultures especially Mongolian. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJS6lquKm96ti6s Go to 1:50

[@LowestofheDead]

They're still dense about it today

[@elainad6728]

Yeh they should at least mention it

[@annaz.1277]

I really admire Mongolian culture. I even wanted to be Mongolian when I was younger, because they looked so badass and cool to me. Not in an evil way, but in a good way. I don't want to be Mongolian anymore lol, but I still love the culture. It's a shame that they are so underappriciated and underrepresented.

[@tree.spirit]

So true. When I tell people that Mongolia is one of the countries that I really want to visit, they look at me strangely and ask why... 😅 They just don't know how beautiful the country and it's nature is.

[@musicfriendly12]

Same, traditional music is so cool, Mongolian land is so open, culture is interesting, they have a lot of cool things they do, they eat a lot of things I like (would love to try many of their foods) Never wanted to be mongolian, but always wanted to go there and one day I will definitely go... For now I'll keep learning about the country and culture, learning mongolian and listening to music... I definitely agree that I would love to have films and videogames where mongolians are represented in a good and somewhat accurate way (that is also fun and cool of course)

[@smileflower4477]

I want to visit mongolia one day..

[@shanicek5188]

Mongolia is so cool. I'm so interested in their culture and just them and their history

[@graveyarddreams1488]

As an Mongolian person I feel offended ugh

[@ICUPerin]

Referring to the Star Wars conversation, they do this “re-naming” thing with pretty much every culture.. yes I think pulling inspiration can be a wonderful thing, but the media (mainly Caucasian) have a habit of just taking things and claiming it as their own.. like when they tried to re-name cornrows as “boxer braids” and giving recognition to white women who wear our ethnic hair styles, but the black women who wear them get called “ghetto” and “ratchet” , “Ugly” etc. I feel that us poc’s *people of color* (non- whites) don’t get enough recognition for our contributions to style, trends, and slang that are taken from our culture, then we get attacked when we bring it up. I wish it would just stop..

[@sprigganpanda]

They also have a habit with making eastern european countries be the bad guys, or the middle eastern or asian countries are the bad guys. I'm still white but I've only ever seen my culture, Serbian, be the villians in a show. At least they haven't appropriated it like they've done with so many asian and african cultures. Or native cultures, hispanic cultures. Why does the list have to be so long? All of these cultures are beautiful and there are shows and movies that have done it right, ya just gotta do your research. If I can learn within 1-3 hours a different cultures fashion and beauty trends and traditions for a drawing how hard can it be for a whole team to do that for a movie? I can forgive it happening in the past but the internet has made everything so accessible.

[@maladjustedmaverick6619]

Huh, I always thought boxer braids were twin french braids...

[@sprigganpanda]

@@Neha-vj2ec As long as they're respecting the original culture I don't see an issue. When it comes to Indians recieving racism and not being counted as Asian I do think that's a little disrespectful. Racism towards anyone is wrong, as for people not counting India as asia I think it's mostly due to people forgetting that india is part of asia therefore making them Asian. The matter does get a bit more complicated for cross continental countries, such as Russia

[@tammy5466]

@@maladjustedmaverick6619 no they're not. If they were she'd call them that. Cornrows are much tighter which is why it's really insulting

[@maladjustedmaverick6619]

@@tammy5466 I know what cornrows are. The first time I ever heard the term "boxer braids" it was referring to the twin french braids style on an MMA fighter. I just assumed they were called boxer braids because... well, boxing. Please pardon my confusion. Anyway, when I googled "boxer braids" most of the top results were of the french braids style, but a wikipedia article for something called "box braids", which looked more distinctly African, also came up. So I began to wonder if maybe we're all confused. Have a look: Search for boxer braids: www.bing.com/images/search?q=boxer+braids&form=HDRSC3&first=1&scenario=ImageBasicHover Search for box braids: www.bing.com/images/search?q=box+braids&form=HDRSC3&first=1&scenario=ImageBasicHover Interestingly, when I tried to search "boxer braids origin", most of the results were about _box_ braids. At any rate, apparently boxer braids have always been popular in the African American community, and some people are frustrated that their popularity is being attributed to the UFC. That makes sense to me, but so far I haven't seen them conflated with cornrows.

[@faith1474]

this is my first time hearing about Mongolian culture and it is truly beautiful

[@melodysooyaa1370]

When she was talking about Star Wars I was really upset that they just straight up stole from the Mongolians.

[@apenthusiast]

i really love michelles honesty.

[@smileflower4477]

She a queen

[@laboon344]

Michelles ?

[@smileflower4477]

@@laboon344 yes. Her real name is michelle..

[@ashleyocampo123]

As a Hispanic girl raised in the US, I can relate to the struggle of accepting one’s culture. I stopped speaking Spanish often because of a teacher I had (she was white) told me I’m not allowed to speak Spanish in school and can only speak English. I felt ashamed of my heritage and stopped until later I learned a couple of great things about my Mexican and Salvadorian heritage and grew to accept it and appreciate my culture and traditions.

[@briwitluv0555]

I’m learning about my culture(I’m 3rd gen here in America)i was once told to “gO bAcK tO mY cOuNtRy”even tho I was born here,which made me mad,people y’all bad about my grandma calling here mean racist names for Mexican people She tells them something tho,they act like she can’t speak English But they other thing is I am learning Korean(I’m about to learn how to read Japanese) My family tells me why don’t you learn Spanish isn’t of those cHinEsE lAnGuAgEs,(now like what you said about Spanish,I don’t says the words that’s I know in Korean around my grandparents and my other family,I mean my mom doesn’t care she just think I should learn Spanish as well even tho I failed Spanish for the past 3 years)I mean I know some words here and there,but you know you can’t force me,I love my culture but ever since I was little I’ve always been interested in other cultures instead of mine I hate seeing people get picked at just because of there eye shape,lips,hair type,skin color,it annoys me,like stop,I don’t remember a day where I didn’t want to be someone friend because of there skin color of hair type(even tho most of my friends are colored,like most of them I only have 2 friends that are not of color and there really nice,but I think it’s because 90% of my school is colored,there’s barely any people that are not of color) Then now at school they called me some nasty names that you would say to an Asian to be mean(I got the kid suspended lol,he didn’t tell me anything after)I love all cultures,every person no matter the skin color is beautiful,that’s why I need to help defend my fellow colored people I will continue to learn Korean,Japanese(my mom is teaching me Spanish so I won’t take Spanish anymore at school)and Spanish,then I probably learn Chinese after,but I will continue to learn about and appreciate my beautiful culture,I don’t care what people say I will continue to learn my grandmas native language and learn the other 3 languages I wanna learn💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@ashleyocampo123]

Brianna Segovia You learn those languages honey! And honestly it does hurt when people say “gO bAcK tO yOuR cOuNtRy” like no you first if you wanna play that game. I know where I belong. You keep up that good work! ❤️❤️

[@briwitluv0555]

Ashley Please stop! Thank you mi hermana💜💜

[@jnyas7720]

I'm mixed with black and hispanic(Nicaraguan) and was born and raised in the U.S and I would always feel embarassed talking about my heritage, culture, and traditions. People would either tell me to "go back to Kenya" or "jump back over the wall you immigrant" and it lowered my self confidence by a landslide. I am more comfortable with who I am and embracing it alot more, but I still got alot to learn about my heritage and culture.

[@briwitluv0555]

Jnya s i hate people I swear,like just because there not your skin color doesn’t mean there bad people,also I don’t know why they assume that we’re not born here🙄

[@DL-vp1th]

honestly i teared up a little when u said u were half mongolian , im glad u are mentioning it a little we really need more representation other than bloodthirsty criminals

[@rhubarbmadnesss603]

😔

[@williamlandim5408]

'Bloodthirsty criminals'. Imagine belittling your ancestors that much.

[@khangaroo8166]

@@williamlandim5408 they were referring to the stereotype, it doesn’t mean that they were calling their ancestors that

[@Roxadus460]

Padme was just a hodgepodge of Asian cultures. She also wore a kimono style robe in one of the movies and a another she also had a outfit that looked like something from Queen Min of Korea.

[@amypattie7004]

“The empire fell very quickly” *162 years*

[@artemismoore4176]

That's the only thing that upset me in this video since she went through this so briefly, and my country suffered a lot from Golden Horde, but I understand that she wouldn't talk about it in this video.

[@SwimmerSmith95]

That's exactly what I thought, 162 years is not by any means a short time. Seems like she kind of glossed over some of the not so savory aspects of Mongolian culture.

[@marsbarsinthestars3226]

Its possible that she just forgot exactly how long it was when she was talking and decided to put in the actual time length to show how long it actually was instead of just cutting it out or re-recording the part.

[@cinemapigeon4898]

@@SwimmerSmith95 Yep, that's like most of America's history.

[@NerdySalemSays]

@@SwimmerSmith95 I mean, I misread the information as 62 years, so maybe she did the same?

[@micheldesjardins9174]

As a mongolian, personally I loveeeeeee the Mulan interpretation, it made me feel super proud of our history lol

[@micheldesjardins9174]

@Coco Martin who hurt you to make you distrust people so fast? I saw them as badass not "savages". My username is the name of a book character, I dont put my real name on the internet. Chi mongol hun bish yum bol, chill minii duu

[@micheldesjardins9174]

@Coco Martin I am fairly young, and I am aware of the original folklore. Still regardless of what they meant by it, it was cool for me and many of my friends. The only part we disliked was that we lost in the Movie.

[@marysue6770]

Bi bagadaa shan yugaas aidag l bailaa gehdee odoo bodood bhne shan yu chini barag disneygiin hamgiin badass villain yum bishu😂

[@yummybearyum7732]

Lol I don’t know what do say of how borat made Kazakhs look like 😂 I’m Kazakh I really don’t like it

[@tangent94]

@@yummybearyum7732 i heard the original intent was to mock Americans for being so ignorant they'd believe Borat was a real Kazakh person (which is why he's just a jumble of American "funny eurasian foreigner" stereotypes). Aaaand then Americans missed the joke.

[@gracezb1]

i’m shocked that people ever thought any of the characters were white- when the show came out I was SIX and I knew they weren’t

[@VerySab15]

damn when she said "its like whites in the front and minorities in the back" i felt that

[@hexmaniacgabby5160]

It was literally built this way, time to tear it all down and rebuild it.

[@hat7475]

@@hexmaniacgabby5160 it was supposed to be NEVER built like that in the first place :(

[@jemimaizua4711]

Same

[@MrSophire]

Will if you don’t want feel that way you back to were your family came from and stop living in a white majority country. In China they have most of the characters be Chinese, same with other cultures but how dare Europeans and Americans tell “white stories” they should not exist because anything less is racist. Oh but if tell a stories from other cultures your racist. Just turn all the white characters to non whites it still ok to do for another two years before it becomes racist.

[@Mel-dx8ky]

MrSophire immigration is how modern america was formed. stop acting so high and mighty. Some of these people have no where else to go anyways, and we shouldn't treat then like dirt just because they aren't from here. It shows how little empathy you have to think that they don't deserve non racist representation. If they're going to represent them at all, then they might as well do it respectfully.

[@gie4358]

The fact that Na'vi costumes in Cameron's Avatar look like clothing of native Americans is actually purposeful. Cameron said himself that Avatar is kind of a remake of Pocahontas but in the future. He wanted to remind us the sad history of the colonization of America. This film is a warning about what people are capable of when they want to conquer or when they meet a strange culture. It directly refers to native Americans and expresses fear that people, without remembering their history, will be constantly repeating the same mistakes.

[@estlee1583]

The Na'vi were actually inspired by all walks of cultures from Native American, African, and Asian nomads. They also dedicated an entire music soundtrack that we'll never hear that was an interesting new mix of all these cultures, (they actually dropped the sound track for sounding too far removed from western ideals which is ironic if you ask me). But just wanted to make sure every culture got their dues.

[@uyagraph]

Well said, agreed

[@Robiness]

@@estlee1583 yeah i know. Tgey wanted something alien sounding and then they dropped it for sounding alien. Rediculous

[@alpharius8264]

Acctually you need to be braindead,not to get that that the Na`vi are an metaphore for native americans

[@sooosuss7154]

It's one of the worst white saviour movie I have ever seen....the navi were fine on their own and all the sudden a white man arrived and all the sudden he saved their world....its so messed up...exactly like the help, the blind side, the last samurai and sooo many others movies....exactly like American movies about the Vietnam war...the American came to Vietnam to "SAVE" the vietnamese people...its wrong and disrespectful

[@tabassumkhan8693]

"Never seen and witnessed before"???? What a joke

[@alxstyy]

No lie, The villains in Mulan scared the crap out of me as a kid. I literally thought they looked like that 💀💀

[@bunni1722]

Im really sad about the live action avatar the last airbender, why did EVERY hero need to be white man. .-_-.

[@todesbote]

First, the movie doesn't exist. Second it is about appealing to a "wider audience" - whatever audience they mean, I guess target audience shall consist mainly of Caucasians. Furthermore there is the beautification issue imo, that protagonists need to be beautiful for the viewers, e. G. Hermione in the Harry Potter series. She is a bonnie lass in the movies but in the books she is described as average with fluffy hair and front teeth. Emma Watson did a good job in my opinion, but even as a wee lass she was prettier than book Hermione. Same issue with Whitening of characters. I think Hollywood has a very specific beauty standard, so if they are doing a movie and need a budget they have to convince the money givers with a cast, that can appeal the "wider audience" which may lead to these specific casting choices. It's the same with the appearance of more actors and roles that are black or homosexual (but the big difference is, that those are choices for more representation in those white washed movies). P. S. Avatar the movie from M shamalamadingdong doesn't exist.

[@pretendtheresaname9213]

Lol shut up, the two most beloved characters of the show, who were inspired by the Japanese, were turned into indians and no one says shit. Race bending it's a problem but you people seem to only acknowledge it when it's from anything to white, otherwise it's fine.

[@nicolen3177]

@@todesbote I hate when they do that. I'm black but I want them to make it accurate to the bone! What's the point of appealing to the "audience", I'm a part of the audience and I'm not white. They need to be more precise!

[@pretendtheresaname9213]

@@nicolen3177 I can't give an answer because I have no idea what you're trying to say. Like, for real, I can't comprehend your text.

[@jayweik8853]

nikki _ in america were the population is mostly white why would big brands try to sell to a smaller audience when americas audiences are mostly white sorry these big corporations arent gonna appeal to every race

[@micahyos8787]

as a brown asian person seeing people like katara and Sokka in the show was honestly really awesome. while i know they were drawn from the Inuits they still reminded me a lot of myself. that being said i was heartbroken over the movie. i legit almost started crying it was so bad

[@ElidaeDanh]

As an Asian Lady (Vietnamese-American) I would literally so offended of the Halloween stores cause there was an áo dài. I thought I was over reacting. Until my 11 year old self learned about cultural appropriation.

[@SophiaNI921]

im a vietnamese-malaysian and seeing celebrities wear áo dàis without the pants makes me sick

[@nuts1755]

wait- in halloween stores? wth? (btw i'm malaysian too, 100% malaysian)

[@ElidaeDanh]

@@nuts1755 in some part of America, a lot of costume tailor shops or every market durning October will have some questionable ‘COSTUMES’ that might culturally anger someone.

[@nuts1755]

@Elidae Danh i d care if they want to wear it, but not in halloween! they supposed to scare the evil spirit (based on what i know about halloween), right? how does wearing a traditional costumes make them scared???

[@Iminawe69]

Thanks for this comment!!! I had no idea what an áo dái was (absolutely gorgeous btw 😍), so I did some research and came across this awesome article explaining more about how wearing it certain ways was disrespectful ( theclothingstatement.com/2017/07/20/the-clothing-statement-the-vietnamese-ao-dai/ ) while looking through photos, I absolutely love learning about the ins and outs of others cultures!!!

[@user-hb4zz4gh5e]

You’re Mongolian, Korean and Japanese? That is so beautiful! It’s so cool how interested you are in your heritage

[@Nuna_heart]

I am from Iraq , a country who was invaded by mongols centuries ago and people here uses the word Mongolian to describe an ugly and crazy person which makes me so angry , my fam used to say it frequently until I told them to stop Edit: omg I didn't know that a lot of countries use the word Mongolian or mongo in demeaning way

[@odeiomine]

This is sad, i live in Brazil and here the term 'mongol' is often used to refer to person acting in a stupid way, i never really thought how widespread the negative perception of mongolian cultures were until now.

[@eev14]

Even worse.. In my country (the Netherlands) the term 'Mongol' is unfortunately a way to either refer to Mongolians or to refer to people with Down syndrome in a demeaning manner. The way people use it tends to be as a slur to call someone unintelligent/stupid/dumb which is both insulting to people with Down syndrome AND Mongolians.

[@elinsulin]

@@eev14 Yup, same here in Sweden. it´s really sad

[@saulobrien9106]

In my country (Ireland) we do the same with the English not the mongols, because of how they treated us the the hundreds of years.

[@bear6756]

Where I live the word mongo means someone who’s is stupid or re*arted, so every time I tell them I’m Mongolian they say ‘oh so you’re mongo’ and I know they’re joking but it kinda hurts

[@jayofthedeadd]

I never knew that the Padme outfit was literally stolen from Asian culture. It would be different if they were honest and said where they gathered the information from rather than claiming it as their own.

[@tabassumkhan8693]

True doe, It's someone's culture that one is using as a costume.

[@loveyourself2574]

Thats what they do with mine. As a native American teen girl I find it angering that people use my culture as a way to dress for Halloween. Its just not right to use any culture as costumes.

[@nettie9312]

as an irish person, it disgusts me to see sexualised traditional clothes of my people, which was banned.

[@lavender1653]

It so annoying.

[@lavender1653]

@@loveyourself2574 I hate when they try to silence first nation people.

[@loveyourself2574]

@@lavender1653 Exactly thank you!!

[@cuka2cool_748]

Thank you for educating me on this topic I’ve never seen Mongolians depicted the correct way in the media. And honestly your culture is so beautiful and deserves to be put on the spot light. As a Latino American I feel this so strongly I hated my skin color, language, food, and culture because of the American media.

[@keanasage]

As an Mongolian person i’m so glad that at least one influencer is talking about this issue 🥰 much love!

[@graveyarddreams1488]

Harim tiime kk

[@wybie123]

❤️

[@jutgur]

[@user-yp6wo5vd7v]

Same

[@Dopelenii]

I can't take star wars seriously now.

[@lynn-vn8xw]

I never did tbh

[@heatherlory99]

sugar is miam yeah and I’m 50% asian and %50 white. And a Star Wars fan. Not sure why race matters with what your saying.

[@Dopelenii]

@@heatherlory99 exactly-

[@Dopelenii]

@Ribbon Upton I- it does

[@Urza.]

On top of the new movies being trash you aren’t missing out on anything.

[@lilac392]

m night shamalama ding dong: "we change the pronunciation of aang's name to be closer to the asian pronunciation of it" also m night shamalama ding dong: *makes aang white*

[@Kata_Rin]

really as an asian, i didn’t even care that he was white. the kid was a good kid and a good actor, and his personality was great for aang. but the director totally messed up... the acting was so bad in the role.

[@crystalwu7400]

My opinion on this topic has change quite a bit. In the past i thought that white people shouldnt wear dreadlocks, or that people who arent chinese shouldnt be wearing chinese clothings- but now i think the opposite. Instead of thinking everything is “cultural appropriation”, why cant we think that it is appreciation? If there isnt actual evidence of the person purposely trashing the culture and insulting it- it should not be called “appropriation”. Let people enjoy what they want. White people should be able to wear dreadlocks the same as black people can wear suits and ties.

[@CosmoShidan]

So you're okay with the KKK stealing from Latino cultures to suit their goals of terrorizing persons of color? Or fascists appropriating the color black to terrorize opponents? Or how the Nazis stole the Jainian and Buddhist symbol for luck and fortune to use as a means of terror against Jews and non-Aryans?

[@CosmoShidan]

@Kaori Suzumiya Okay, then I guess portrayals of a Latinx woman, men or non-binary with tan skin, red lips, black hair and dressed in a sexualized manner to please white men or women and dismissing men, women, or non-binary Latinx or other person of color, and having a stereotypical short temper and vanity is how you like being portrayed in Hollywood then. Not to mention, I guess you favor racial stereotyping of your own kind then. Let me know when the next white person wears your cultural clothing and makes fun of you pal. :)

[@joshuawilliams9231]

I choked when you showed those Japanese girls bowing to Gwen Stefani like sndhdhdhd who directed that!

[@samuelbaumgardner7166]

It's so interesting that I had never heard about the genocide and erasure of Mongolian culture at the hands of Russia. Sounds a lot like what happened to the airbenders. Their temples even look like replicas. The writers of the show really were trying to teach us something.

[@janietoomes3811]

Stacy Verre honestly in the United states they don’t teach much about other countries or cultures that’s are based in America they really only teach about other countries is when they taught ancient world history or world history that’s based off of more modern times such as the cold war or ww1/ ww2 and they try do demonize a lot of non white cultures and make them seem less than

[@jaojao1768]

The Air Nomad Genocide was mostly based on the Chinese treatment of Tibet, but yes it was quite similar to what the Soviet Union was doing

[@samuelbaumgardner7166]

@@Alias_Anybody bro these comments are tearing me to shreds. I live in AMERICA they dont teach us history, they bombard us with propaganda. I thought that every other country was a literal shithole and America was the greatest country in the world.....and then I gained access to the internet.

[@samuelbaumgardner7166]

@@Alias_Anybody they only teach us about the u.s.

[@Milkpastasoup]

@@samuelbaumgardner7166 it's not surprising. Under all the issues the USA has, its on the verge of being a dystopian land. A zombie apocalypse would be less dystopian than the shit hole that your country is. That doesn't mean all people are bad, that's not how that works. The people in charge on the other hand, the ones that do most of the work behind the scenes are. Because they have the power to change and progress but they do nothing. They disguise oppression as progress. Propaganda can be a vile thing (I can safely say that as a European when I was in primary school, I too used to hate russians because Propaganda), it's used to control. Your laws protect the very people that should be imprisoned. Yes there are plenty of other countries that are fucked up, but at least they aren't disillusioned to believe that their country is a paradise. I'm glad you've shattered the Rose gold glass. Question, should I go to florida to give myself PTSD from the shit florida man does. Would be a great story time. But then again I would need a visa and shit.

[@liepilled]

I love how Star Wars tried giving her an "exotic look" yet got a white person to play her. Very cool.

[@trenomartis5447]

Ah yes because the father of Luke and leia skywalker could’ve been an asian or other poc because that makes sense👍🏾

[@cks1263]

Because it’s only considered “exotic” when you have someone with Eurocentric features also be mixed with features of a different culture/people(s) Ex: blackfishing. The beauty communities have deep roots into dark places. 😔

[@liepilled]

@@WhaleManMan they have to give into demands, otherwise there will be no audience for them, so they wouldn't even be an artist. u stinky dumdum

[@e4skumloard569]

Its fucking space bro

[@zoe-gf8jz]

Why not mix up cultures?

[@gshs5126]

THE WAY YOU JUST WENT AND PRONOUNCED EVERYTHING CORRECTLY queen

[@empaul1808]

Why do Asian people don't receive the respect that black people receive like when Kim Kardashian use dreadLocks hairstyle it caught people's attention and accused Kim of cultural appropriation but when a blockbuster film use a east Asian inspired attire no one called it out, like treat all people equal America!! Asians, black, Muslims, LGBTQ+ all of us

[@empaul1808]

@@justfandomtings I agree, but it's just sad for us asians

[@itsdiamondnicole]

Because black people (like maybe 90%) are very vocal about the disrespect and discrimination that we go through. If you look back through American History, it's mostly Black Amercians that are the forefront of change when it comes to rights and equality.. I hope more Asian youtubers and other Asian influencers talk more about Asian cultural appropriation and discrimination that they go through as well. :))

[@helgakappelmann5875]

When that happens, its mostly the black community speaking up about it. In fact the black community is very vocal about others appropriating their culture and even then people continue to do it.

[@empaul1808]

It's just so sad seing some asian influencers (ex. Bretman and nikita) participating on black lives matter but their own heritage doesn't recieve the same treatment

[@empaul1808]

@@justfandomtings they're actually shaking right now knowing that some kpop groups is taking over the world, probably in the near future we will finally gain more voice to speak for our culture and heritage

[@Purrl1775]

She literally uploaded this 50 seconds ago and there’s already a dislike.

[@jaymeerenee2357]

Ppl be just waiting lmao they need a life

[@scarydeath2480]

ikr like wtf

[@vanhminglianitochhawng3209]

oli london with his fake accounts

[@beriperic2587]

this happens to every video on youtube. It might be some bot

[@gigihadid3745]

Its probably olly london or wtv his name was lol

[@princessyarkor730]

I dont get why people get mad when someone of the culture that is being appropriated bring the history behind why this is wrong, like you are literally getting educated on their culture how is that a bad thing Education is one thing that someone can’t take away from you and it will open your mind more and more you and over all better person so why is this a bad thing?

[@jedioftheeast5375]

Anyone with a brain would know it’s a good thing but they wanna play the victim

[@coralia.i9702]

because it's only "cool" and "interesting to find out" when White people take it and say it is. Or when white people take our culture and instead of giving us representation call us weird and alien.

[@saucewizard69]

I am so mad that I thought Padme’s costume was original to the Star Wars creative team holy shit thats such a scam

[@Jlsphobia]

When I heard about khutulun the Mongolian princess who didn’t wanna marry so she fought for her freedom I think and looking at Star Wars do that to Mongolian culture makes her look bad

[@darksideofthemood]

Donnie Yen's character actually is more qualified than a Jedi to deal with direct threats. He is a temple guard, forged by the force to protect his people and their knowledge. He doesn't have a weapon because he doesn't need one - the force is there with him he just uses it in a different way - he sees reality through it Funnily enough, this discourse happens all movie long with Jiang Wen's character who constantly reminds him that they'd be nothing without his heavy guns.

[@missdahliablack646]

The only reason Yen's character (who was one of my favorites) wasn't a jedi is because Rogue One takes place between Episodes 3 and 4. Literally right before Episode 4 if I'm going to be honest. Spoilers for Episode 3: All of the jedis except Obi Wan and Yoda (who went into hiding) were killed. Ending the Jedi era hence why Episode 6 is return of the Jedi because of Luke Skywalker.

[@darksideofthemood]

@@missdahliablack646 Yes! I didn't want to share spoilers ( since i know a lot of new people are getting into sw right now ) but that is the main reason. Also, one doesn't need to be a Jedi to be force-sensitive. Something that Yen's character clearly was. I cannot talk for asian people nor will i ever try but in my point of view Rogue One really brought diversity in a respectful manner. Not only with the two asian actors but with one of the main characters being played by a Mexican man who was encouraged not to tone his accent down. And you know.. for once SW isn't making a latino character a drug dealer and asian characters a racist joke so.. that's a plus. Also!! For more asian representation in SW, i suggest Doctor Aphra's comic!

[@Gabriela-x2t]

@Blashtifin others that may have the force with them but haven't been properly trained in the jedi way.

[@Gabriela-x2t]

@Blashtifin I guess(☞͡͡°͜ʖ͡͡°)☞

[@YedidahMVO]

@@darksideofthemood I'm not entirely sure of the name of the person you're talking about, but isn't he Chilean?

[@Sleipnirseight]

Wowwww I had no idea Padme's dress was a straight rip off of Mongolian traditional dress. Like every damn detail. The caucacity!

[@wybie123]

it’s so expensive. we make accessories by gold and silver so that the way you can be beautiful

[@st4rphia]

Avatar made me feel so proud of my culture and made me try to learn more about it. Honestly the whole plot was such an amazing story and it has to be my favorite show of all time.

[@Kata_Rin]

same here. as fellow asian, buddhist, and martial artist, it was like my whole identity was represented in the series. it’s so cool to be able to read the chinese characters, recognize the real-world influences of the clothing in the show, understand the buddhist ideas behind the concept of the avatar in the show, and see the martial arts i practiced be adapted into amazing bending moves. everything was perfect. i don’t think they could have done any better.

[@krsna753]

@@Kata_Rin the avatar is not just Buddhist elements, they take many elements from other cultures and religions .

[@SolaceHuntsman]

M. Night: changes pronunciations to sound more accurate to Asian names. Also him: casts white kids. Edit: I now want the entire movie to be edited with the laugh tracks in it

[@TheKarret]

I would watch that version of the movie. XD

[@Towkeeyoh]

I'd watch that too

[@e.k_liadon]

The names were fine before he changed them. Not all Asian names sound the same. He should have left it alone. That movie significantly ruined his career.

[@nombuso4162]

The movie doesn't exist

[@rosaunolalintino]

@@nombuso4162 What movie? There is no live action avatar movie in Ba Sing Se.

[@gabiocampos]

I would like to point out something very awful of my country here people say “mongo/mongolica” to someone stupid or dumb. Truly sad and disgusting 😪

[@NotAnotherKuromi]

What country do you live in? I live in the UK & people used to say that as a childish insult but people realized it was prejudiced in the late 90s & I haven't heard it said in at least the last 15 years.

[@lucia-js3ew]

i heard that in Argentina or people in Twitter

[@abcxyz9852]

Oh this is sad

[@hat7475]

@@NotAnotherKuromi good for y'all. It's nice to see them realize their mistakes and keep quite now

[@NIHIL_EGO]

French here. People use as an insult in same way as "retard". It refers to the """fact""" that people with down syndrome apparently looks like folks of Mongolian ethnicity. So it's both racist _and_ ableist.

[@Miinnqq]

Omg I'm not Mongolian but when I heard "new and fresh!" "No one has seen it before :D" man that hurt lmfao

[@RunningGladeXStray]

I’m African American. Thank you so much for this video, I learned a lot about these beautiful cultures. I love that you encouraged viewers to stand up and advocate for themselves, great vid!

[@anpatman]

Take a look at Jason Derulo's 'Tip Toe' music video. Literally talkes element of chinese and japanese cultures, but uses asian women as a background and dressed them up as strippers while keeping the traditional-inspired wear

[@tajam4769]

They took the job and got paid tho right?

[@gioaarons]

@@tajam4769 does that make it okay?

[@smileflower4477]

Wtf thats so wrong

[@mielpop2571]

@@tajam4769 and?

[@kaiworld5215]

And now go look at the kpop video Henry- I'm good ft nafla. Both that and this are problematic

[@bubu_hopes]

Sherliza liked mydrawing of her,, and I'll not stop talking about it, I literally love her so much!

[@sherimango3868]

That's so cooll

[@bubu_hopes]

@@sherimango3868 ikr I screamed on top of my lungs after the like!

[@Princess-Pulcella]

aww

[@bubu_hopes]

@三木Asenath thankuu omg

[@bubu_hopes]

@@Princess-Pulcella haha thankuu❤️❤️

[@user-yp6wo5vd7v]

As a Mongolian, I'm really happy you're actually talking about Mongolia in general. Also, you actually pronounced everything right! :D I feel like my culture is really underrepresented in western media, mostly stereotyping us as "wild savages." It's so annoying to hear people comparing us to our ancestors or really who our people were a millennia ago. I totally agree with the points you said about asking questions about our heritage. I used to be really embarrassed about being Mongolian, especially growing up in a western culture, surrounded by American media where my fellow Asians, native Americans, pacific islanders, Inuits, etc. were stereotyped and not really represented properly. I'm really glad you chose to make a video on this, actually addressing and confronting this issue accurately. Thank you!

[@wwandmitski]

SAME!! Whenever I tell ppl that I’m Mongolian they’re always like “are u related to Genghis Khan” or “do u know how to throat sing” LIKE ITS SO FRUSTRATING! Imagine asking Egyptian ppl if they’re related to Cleopatra. And everyone forget Mongolia is also in East Asia, my country is always over shadowed by China, Korea + Japan. Nice to know there are other Mongolians around here!! :))

[@cookiemonxchu]

I'm also happy to see this vid as a Korean. ❤ When we learn history related to Mongolia, it's always far past like centuries ago.

[@eloylie]

15:20 "creative" asian character: looks """alien"""" that one guy who looks like a literal alien: am i a joke to u

[@kebaabetsweqhobela6016]

As a black girl I would love to see more Asian representation and would love to learn about their cultures and especially underrated Asian cultures. I honestly love this content. And I want this conversation to be raised more, I am truly learning from this video and understand the issue more.

[@scarletphoenix6158]

Honestly I would love that

[@M34-yx6xf]

honestly you offended by everything. Be happy dont be a hater

[@CosmoShidan]

So you endorse pseudoscience then eh?!

[@spookcasto]

Indigenous and asian culture is so beautiful! It’s always upsetting when people copy it and use it as some sort of “unique fast fashion” that everyone is allowed wear.

[@mewmew6158]

I fully agree, it literally makes me sad to see this.

[@chloegregory6314]

I mean.. isn't it okay for someone to wear something of a different culture if they aren't disrespecting it, you know just because they like the history behind it? I know cowboy costumes and western costumes exist but no one says anything about it..even though it is kinda annoying lol

[@mewmew6158]

@@chloegregory6314 Plenty of people know nothing about what the west was like historically, so of course nobody says anything about cowboys costumes. There are people that don't even know there were cowboys of color. It's ignorance that causes problems.

[@mewmew6158]

@@chloegregory6314 Love the hat in your pfp pic btw💙

[@chloegregory6314]

@@mewmew6158 Thank you so much lol, but yeah I understand that, it's pretty stereotyped to just fit whites which is why I understand the frustration

[@WardenDarlingClement]

honestly i dont care if people take inspiration or 'culturally appropriate' AS long as they dont do it in a mocking or offensive manner and they are aware of the culture behind it and dont misrepresent it and give credit where credit is due. In asia it's not a problem for asians to borrow western-european culture.

[@saulobrien9106]

In Ireland the fishermen had made their own jumpers and clothes out of a special wool so that they were water proof and they are now a fashion thing. We also had our own cross called the Irish Celtic cross which was taken and used as a right wing and racist symbol in America

[@sprigganpanda]

I agree with you. Taking inspiration as fine, should be encouraged even. The issue arises when it's used to mock and insult. Shows like South Park are fine, they're meant to be ironic and showcase the stupidity of these stereotypes in a comedic way, but taking a culture and turning it into a caricature and degraded version of itsself, always displaying it as alien or only ever allowing it to be the villian, isn't okay.

[@itspunishmenttime6325]

Almost everyone in the comment section, talking about how much they are early because they didn't sleep: Me, an european:👁👄👁

[@justsomeone6517]

Me too 👂👄👂

[@takemeaway5548]

Same where are you from?

[@itspunishmenttime6325]

@@takemeaway5548 Italy, and you?

[@shxtposts4573]

It was uploaded in 3 pm 👁️👄👁️

[@itspunishmenttime6325]

@@shxtposts4573 it was 2pm for me but still 👁👄👁

[@feliciawarpuppy1805]

You can't really blame the actress, it's the fault of the directors for not informing her properly and basically making up how 'creative' they were with their fashion choices.

[@TheLittleRedVixen]

Yeah...

[@Enrelie]

Rewatching Avatar over a decade after it ended and after the death of my beloved grandpa (姥爷）made me emotional, as uncle Iroh reminds me so much of him. From his wisdom, his caring but not overbearing nature, his humour, and of course his love of good tea, it really brought back good memories. ATLA was such a respectful representation of asian culture that gave proper acknowledgment of where the influences came from.

[@nut7629]

i live in greece and for the past years i’ve been really interested in other cultures so i’ve been doing a lot of research learning new things...i shit you not i’ve never heard about the costumes in star wars....thank you for this amazing video can’t wait for the next one...the more you learn 💞

[@bubu_hopes]

Om Mani padme hum is literally the prayer that my mom used to put on every Sunday,,,I'm Hindu but Buddhism and hinduism is really similar

[@cynthiadinh8405]

peaches and cream From my little IS studies I heard it originated from Hinduism

[@bubu_hopes]

@@cynthiadinh8405 then you heard it right:)

[@cynthiadinh8405]

peaches and cream Thank you 😊 it’s interesting how those two cultures become each of their own, kind of wished I looked at it more when I was studying about Buddhism and all that since I guess I am Buddhist.

[@bubu_hopes]

@@cynthiadinh8405 oh that's great! Hinduism and Buddhism both originated from India,, they have a lot of common texts/books, theories, karmas and all. I can go on forever but I can explain more easily while using hindi terms that we use, but idk if you'll know them. And also Buddhism is named after Gautam Buddha,, an indian prince!

[@bubu_hopes]

@M•E•N•A 7 yasss hindu twins lmaooo

[@noname-cv8kp]

As a mongolian I really appreciate that you bring up mongolian culture because mongolians are heavily underrepresented in the western media

[@DarlingGlitch]

Actually pissed star wars didn’t credit Mongolian culture.

[@Glensley]

I'll never look at star wars the same way 😔

[@komono840]

使天 felt dat 😔🤚

[@commanderkenobi7974]

I agree with what you said in this video. As an asian fan of Star Wars, and as much as I really love it, it is kind of disappointing to see that they really just copy pasted some aspects of asian cultures into the characters and movies. Although, I do respect that George explained the inspiration for Star Wars. In my opinion, it's great that in the sequel movies they tried to be more diverse with the casting, for example, Poe, Finn and Rose. But to be honest they did not do those characters justice lmao. But, I respect the fact the fact that they were trying to be more diverse. Thank you for the very informative video, Sherliza ! ❤️ Love from Indonesia

[@slyninja4444]

I honestly see nothing wrong with them adopting some elements of east asian culture in it.

[@slyninja4444]

@Dorian Smith Finn is honestly one of the better characters in the new trilogy (in my opinion). The one problem I have with the new trilogy is how much of a rehash it is of the original. Every new character is essentially a remake of the original characters. Kylo Ren - Darth Vader Rey - Luke BB 8 - R2D2 Snoke - Palpatine Finn - Han Solo However, Finn has much more originality than Solo. He was a pilot for the 1st order who turned against the 1st order after realizing how horrible they were. Meanwhile, Han Solo was a smuggler working for Jabba the Hut.

[@sooosuss7154]

@@slyninja4444 but don't acknowledge it and say the costumes are things people never have seen beforr is truly disgusting and disrespectful

[@slyninja4444]

@@sooosuss7154 When did they say that?

[@sooosuss7154]

@@slyninja4444you didn't watch the video 🤦🏻‍♀️