Lying about being native american to get the role? (Netflix Avatar)

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[@swooshes897]

Them not casting oli london in the show is the real tragedy.

[@berketexx]

LMFAOOOO

[@OrNaurItsKat]

I'm dying at this comment 😭😭😭

[@Jobe-13]

😂

[@sillyladtan]

nooooooooo lmao

[@blueruby008]

Right they might as well at this point!

[@sara-os5yz]

I’ll never forget being 11 years old watching TLA or Korra with my (blonde, white) best friend at the time when she pondered aloud, “Why do none of the characters look like me?” Her dad looked her straight in the eye and deadpanned “They’re all Asian, Amanda.” That line stuck with me years later lmfao

[@mixedviews3536]

They think everything should be for them. Welcome to the “that ain’t for me” club. The POC have been chilling here for a while.

[@cats1970]

That’s incredible lmao. Reminds me of this girl in my class who got upset no Christians played a part in a local movie about Eid (muslim feast)

[@biancam.4052]

r/thathappened

[@sara-os5yz]

@@biancam.4052 Why would I make up a story for 66 likes on a random youtube video lol

[@justausername5749]

@@mixedviews3536 bruh, the girl in the story didn’t even do anything. She was just curious. Where did you get the idea that she’s entitled from lmao? Salty af

[@hikittyfan]

aside from just the race issues i don't understand hollywood's obsession with sexing up adaptations of children's media, we saw this same thing happen with the percy jackson movies. not only does it alienate the core audience (children and families) but it leaves us with something that doesn't appeal to families and children and also doesn't appeal to teens and adults. so who is this kind of stuff being made for? atla's success is proof that you can make intelligent shows directed at children which are still entertaining to adult and teen audiences

[@mewmew6158]

YES YES! Like just because there's fanfics doesn't mean anybody wants the actual show like that.

[@vanessarl8]

And Winx...

[@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024]

I have no clue why you’re pushing the race issues aside because sexualizing children and race cannot be pushed aside and separated. Girl wtf?

[@MinervaQueen-xoxo]

What did Percy Jackson do?

[@_bbrainr0tt_]

@@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024 I don't think they meant any harm and to * literally * push racism aside. English is not my first language so I might be wrong here, but I think in this context it's just meant to introduce a new idea/thought. Like, the video is about the racism issue and most comments discuss about it and I think to not seem completely out of context they start with acknowledging the main topic and then proceed to explain another issue.

[@laneyw6121]

I’m an Alaskan and my family runs a professional drama theatre, I can guarantee there are a lot of Native Alaskan actors and actresses who would love to be in the ATLA adaptation!! I know Hollywood wants “experienced” or “well known” actors, but there are so many wonderful talents waiting to be discovered :((

[@kittykat490]

This is the saddest part :/ hollywood always wants to say "we just can't find actors of this specific ethnicity! there just aren't any!" but maybe the reason there "aren't any" is because those who want to are never given the opportunity

[@bezdeistvie]

idek if netflix tries to search for these kinds of actors, really sad :(

[@TamiUwU420]

Also like- if they always say they're looking for experienced or well know actors then how will small talented actors ever be able to like get themselves out there? It's honestly really sad

[@gaybatgosqueak]

Kwehkwe, do you happen to have any social media of your theater? I'd love to watch any performances, if possible!

[@danib712]

It’s all about who you know not what you know

[@marzipan24]

Oh shit- the moment you mentioned the original creators didn't want to be involved with the adaptation I knew this show is going to be... interesting.

[@hessa9504]

same!!!!

[@kuronuma666]

OH GOD... Now im concerned and don't even wanna watch it :c

[@miea34]

To be fair i think there's still hope left! the cast seems really passionate

[@marzipan24]

@The DisaStarWars I guess that's possible but then again it's Netflix sooo... and they said they wanted to make the show more "adult"

[@toomessy]

Craziest part, they actually were on board at one point. So, Netflix must have done something SO huge for them to be like; "yeah, no"

[@awesomeallyse]

I don't have high hopes for the show after the creators left, and with this whole controversy, especially when paired with a statements about the whitewashing and the aging up, just how they were possibly making atla into something that the fans definitely don't want. But the whole cast looks so good to me (outside of that one dude), that I really want it to succeed because they look so amazing and we need more aapi and indigenous actors out

[@eevve9894]

I feel the same. I don't expect anything especially after first movie.

[@ahmosel4901]

I'm tired of live-actions of this series. We need to stop. Not every show needs a live-action. The creators keep allowing companies to remake their show, and then walking away out of disappointment. It's crazy. They always flop. Anyway, best of luck to the actors and fans who end up checking it out..

[@dontlookatmyplaylists]

I’m even surprised people have high hopes to begin with. When was the last time a live action was actually good?

[@yourfavoriteoompaloompa139]

RIGHT!

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

I never had any high hopes for the show when it was 1st announced. Live action adaptations of cartoons and anime have always been bad (with some exceptions), and when I heard that Netflix was making it I immediately knew there was no way that this show was going to be good.

[@ZeinaIan]

This happens to Indigenous people a lot it's really sad. Another example is Kelsey Asbille in the show Yellow Stone. She's an Asian woman who used to go by Kelsey Chow but changed her name and falsely claimed native heritage to play an Indigenous character. The fact that Indigenous representation is already so small, and people still take the few roles that are available to them makes it even more upsetting to me.

[@Night_Dragon11]

At least Half Asians can pass for Native Americans since Natives are genetically Happas, Moon Bloodgood did a good job as a Native American in Pathfinder, makes more sense than that White guy that said he is a member of the Cherokee nation. JS.

[@imb5128]

@@Night_Dragon11 Lying about your heritage doesn't make sense for any race. White or Asian, it's the same nonsense.

[@Night_Dragon11]

@@owly4972 A white person claiming Native can be used as means to further colonize, if the US government recognizes a bunch of white people to be Cherokee and other Indigenous tribes it is easier for the same government to label a South American or Mexican indigenous person as an Illegal Alien.

[@Night_Dragon11]

@@imb5128 She shouldn't have lied that's for sure.

[@yourfavoriteoompaloompa139]

Idk it’s painful how small indigenous representation is and then from that the historical correct good represents as well like I’m not indigenous but this makes me sick like indigenous ppl just keep getting f-Ed over again and again

[@blackphoenix77]

The creators of Avatar leaving the production of the live action show is a major red flag. There are rumors that they're going to try to go in a "Riverdale" direction (dark, edgy, and "adult"), which I really hope isn't true.

[@sprigganpanda]

The casting looks like actual teens and not adults so I have hope that they're not going Riverdale

[@junjunjamore7735]

@@owly4972 Chris Columbus did Percy Jackson, he's not perfect.

[@BlackRose-rp7kv]

How is that gonna work when the show relies on race and culture and shit. If they want a sexy show just pick something else dafaq

[@novepipps]

Oh god.. this comment gave me flashbacks to the directors of the Mulan remake, saying they wanted it to be more serious..

[@z_bennet4208]

im just sick of people sexualizing teens and making money out of it. what the fuxk?

[@widowsgrimm]

personally im glad zuko and azulas actors look “sweet” like im sure they can act just as evil or badass as the characters or else they (hopefully) wouldn’t have been cast so im glad they still look like teenagers

[@abigaill370]

I feel like the makeup and costume will also help a lot, especially Zuko’s burn

[@san1883]

nah.. Zuko's actor doesn't just look way too "sweet", he also looks absolutely nothing like Zuko, like there are literally no similarities

[@widowsgrimm]

@@san1883 personally i don’t really care. zuko is a cartoon so i don’t mind live action actors looking different. he does look like him to me but either way i’m more focused on his acting then i am his looks :)

[@imani7979]

@@san1883 well he is a cartoon character....

[@san1883]

@@imani7979 And there are multiple other chinese actors that look like him. If you could get a more accurate casting then I don't see why you wouldn't

[@garfpills]

Netflix should just stop doing adaptations in general they butcher them so bad.

[@evelyn_uchiha]

☕️

[@emissalty]

Fr like cowboy bebop was so bad they canceled the second season a few days after they released the first one

[@aa-pj4vz]

this adaptation is for sure going to be axed after 1 season. netflix is killing the media.

[@sleepyyolk]

they're so disappointing, i wanna see something else 💀

[@terra9074]

They should make live action Powerpuff girls 😂 or Tom & Jerry or Looney Tunes 😆

[@alipali]

First Winx Club and now Avatar? Someone start a petition to make Netflix take their dirty hands off our childhood.

[@darao.4907]

deadass i can’t go through this heartbreak again

[@Melanie-jy2nw]

Archie comics are forever ruined now 😭

[@Ok-dm5nc]

@Nonaya Bidness right

[@MilaBanilla]

That's a bummer. My friend literally auditioned for this role(he's 100% indigenous) and was in the final casting calls(last two) They rejected him because the other actor "look the part" more than he did. He saw the actor when they announced it and he felt terrible. I still feel horrible for my friend. He literally could pass for Katara's older brother but he lost the role to an white actor who isn't even indegenious -_-

[@hectzen23]

that's messed up.. them giving the role to some random white person with 0% Native American heritage is disgusting and horrible

[@Calliemariie]

Wow that is ridiculous. I hope he is able to get better roles in the future!

[@sari9645]

I’m so sorry. At least it seems this adaptation will be a dumpster fire so he’s probably better off without it!

[@MadameCorgi]

That's horrible and I'm not suprised at all

[@fawnieee]

Can we just start our own Hollywood where we don't actively a buse children, make sure it isn't predominantly white and involve all these beautiful cultures and people and so on? I'm white and I'm so tired of this sort of thing. It breaks my heart that Colourism and Hollywood (though I'm not surprised) is still hand in hand and they're fighting for their lives to make sure actual races of people don't get to play characters etc.

[@murdockfiles9406]

I guess everybody also ignores this elephant in the room: the native actors are light skinned playing dark skinned characters. Hollywood has an issue with colorism, which surprisingly went ignored here, as dark skinned native Americans do exist.

[@jhessicacomjh]

It reminds me of the casting of the actress who plays Flora in Fate. I saw only positive comments about the actress being Latina. But in Latin America, she would be considered white. I don't mean that being white nullifies her identity as a Latina. Or that any indigenous avatar actor is less indigenous for having light skin. But it bothers me to see people acting as if they haven't noticed that diversity in Hollywood is always light-skinned.

[@skyyexplainsitall]

I was thinking the same thing. There are literally native people the same complexion as Katara and Sokka. Hollywood loves to get Poc as light as possible. It's sad. After that dumpster fire of a movie I had a shred of hope we'd have a heavily melanated Katara. Especially being that she's seen as sweet and the love interest. Girls and women with darker skin are often portrayed as aggressive. It would have been nice for them to show representation deading those harmful stereotypes, but I guess that's too much to ask 😒

[@orchidofkhalida]

Yet when a mixed girl is cast to originally play Ciri in The Witcher Season One, where was this comment? 🤨🤨🤨

[@Jazzy115]

@@orchidofkhalida not the same considering white people are not misrepresented in the media. When a mixed race/light skin person plays a dark skin character or a white person plays a POC it’s taking away the little representation we had in media already. It not an equal playing field to compare the two. Blonde haired white girls are not misrepresent or rarely shown in the media.

[@skyyexplainsitall]

@@orchidofkhalida you're assuming everyone here has watched The Witcher? The only thing I know about that show is the dude that played Superman was in it and that's it. Maybe go to a video talking about the casting of The Witcher and you'll see a comment discussing the same thing. Or better yet, you could start the conversation.

[@neovelvet]

honestly, i dont mind zuko and azula's characters looking more "sweet" and like... you know... actual teenagers. i feel like it'll drive home the point that these are KIDS going through all the stuff that happens in the show, you know? like when the hunger games movies came out i remember thinking that it wouldve hit a lot harder if more of the actors looked like kids, because i felt like that would've helped drive home the message of the book. obviously atla isnt that dark, but its crazy to see how young people are so influenced by things like war and imperialism. plus, im assuming they can still act well enough to play an edgy, badass character-- looks aren't the only aspect to a casting choice, afterall, lol

[@thatsdree1350]

I agree as well, and I bet you some makeup, cosmetics and fake scars could make them look a little more intimidating in the show. All of these actor’s photos are of them out of character.

[@-Teague-]

When I saw the actor for Zuko I was immediately like "YO HES PERFECT!" I can totally see him doing all the Zuko-y impressions

[@princessfaust]

Wooow yea imagine the career tributes looking more like kids

[@ratfuk789]

Indigenous representation is extremely rare itself, with only a few types of media that actually tells indigenous stories without being racially stereotypical and not playing into the whole “cowboys and indians” setting. So seeing people who aren’t apart of the community want a grab at something we have so little of is frustrating to deal with on its own. I want to mention yes, pale natives exists, brown natives, dark natives, mixed natives, lightskin natives, etc. we do come in all different shades, but even so, they all deserve their own proper representation, since some are seen a lot less than others.

[@yoakleoakle]

Thank you

[@wrestlinganime4life288]

What do you think about Connor from Assassin Creed 3?

[@ImpetuousPorkus]

I’m surprised nobody is talking about CBS’s adaptation of BBC’s “Ghosts”. One of the characters is Native American, but is played by a mixed race person that looks ethnically ambiguous. These are the people who are playing roles of every single race because they can get away with it. Then directors/producers act all confused about why they can’t find 100% X race actors/actresses. Maybe because you continue to hire these white mixed people to play POC....

[@ratfuk789]

@@wrestlinganime4life288 havent played much of assassins creed nor am i caught up with the story, but i gotta say his design looks cool.

[@ratfuk789]

@@ImpetuousPorkus i heavily agree 💀 again this shits frustrating to deal with especially when it comes to doing the bare minimum when finding the right representation.

[@kittykat490]

Someone commenting "you Taylor Lautner'd us" on his instagram made me laugh... so true. I had no hope for this from the beginning, hollywood and netflix especially has always ruined stuff like this, and when Michael and Bryan walked off I knew it wasn't gonna go well... I think I felt a small glimpse of hope when we heard about Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Iroh (and some of the other good casting choices) but urgh I still think even if they did the casting 100% right, it's probably still going to be bad for other reasons, ESPECIALLY the fact that they reportedly are wanting to make it more ~edgy sexy and adult~ which is just terrible for a series which is so wholesome and beautiful and originally centers on a bunch of kids/teenagers like that's so weird to age them up and make it SeXy... you don't need to make things gritty and dark and sexual to make them enjoyable to adults, the original series is HIGHLY enjoyable for kids and adults alike because of the phenomenal writing and topics of politics and trauma and family and various social divides... it just feels like using ~edgy~ elements is a cheap cop-out to make up for less effective writing and characterization.

[@feelflows]

The fact that neither Ian or Netflix has come out with a statement about the situation is a massive red flag, along with the creators leaving the project. If he was innocent he would try and clear his name but it’s been radio silence. I’m cautious about the live action Avatar but with Netflix’s and Disney’s live action shows and movies being mostly bad I’m nervous. I’m hoping the show is at least half-decent but ATLA was like lightning in a bottle, there’s no way it’ll come close.

[@SKZness8]

How could they not cast the real POC queen, Scarlett Johansson. Also Oli London.

[@juliab9596]

Oli is probably too Korean for this role.

[@Jeff_denHartog]

Emma Stone our half Chinese, half Hawaiian kween

[@SKZness8]

@@juliab9596 true true. Tooo Korean for this.

[@katitadeb]

What do you mean by POC? , to skin color or literally every "non racially white" person regardless skin color? Like what happened with Annya Taylor Joy 🙄

[@roseblacketupinku1059]

@@katitadeb For a second, I thought you missed out on the joke.

[@beardpandaa]

This is frustrating when some full blooded indigenous people can't get enrolled into a tribe because they are of a bunch of different tribes and none are 1/4. It's not our fault we've been so displaced... But why take advantage when these things are for natives? I'm 1/4 apache, 1/4 navajo, and half german (to my knowledge since I have yet to get blood tested) and I look white. I feel verrrry hesitant about taking advantage of the services for natives and just don't mark my nativeness since I've never even been on a reservation. It's weird and dishonorable to lie about that for me...

[@chibi-bombyx]

Yeah, I come from a somewhat similar stance on this. I think it’s actually pretty likely he wasn’t lying about his ancestry, I honestly think as someone who’s grandpa resigned his Osage Native tribal status when he moved out here to the west coast, it would be super cool to have a local community here to be able to better participate in the culture and practices I feel this connection with, IF there’s some cool thing like that for him/his local community that’s awesome!…. But… If it were me I’d feel pretty uncomfortable taking that sort of role. I’m 1/16th Osage, and like 1/8th Swiss Austrian, as well as a fair bit Swedish, and I’m VERY white+white passing. One of my sister’s looks more stereotypically native, with the higher cheekbones and the super dark brown eyes (from the other side of the family with the Swedish genes, oddly enough). I could probably go get a tan and dye my hair back to my natural color and maybe someone would believe my indigenous ancestry. But it would just feel a little icky to play that as a part in a tv show. I mean I’m pretty anti identity-politics/specifically not in favor of liberal identity politics (which always feel a little racist and co-opted to me) and I’m in favor of abolishing the concept of race and having a more global ancom society personally, But right now the reality of the system were in it’s pretty rough for representation in the media. And it would have been cool to see some more of these characters represented more aligned with the real world cultures they’re based on.

[@MahouShoujoKaffeein]

Same! I only know both my grandfathers are native. My parents are both half white and half native. Don't know what tribe, one because one side is a "secret" ( I know 😑) and the other one because I don't talk to my dad and he never told me about him. I'm white like a sheet of paper and would not try to get roles from natives.

[@beardpandaa]

@@chibi-bombyx I agree that in an ideal world where natives weren't abused and displaced there would be no need to split hairs when it comes to native ancestry. Sometimes blood quantum feels uncomfortable to have to deal with like we're dogs. But the fact of reality is that roles for natives should be given to natives since there is already such a disparity in opportunities for native actors. They keep making roles for natives and give it to white people. There's even been a history of really weird fd up racist depictions mocking indigenous people and red face. It's honestly not enough to just cast indigenous people in indigenous roles imo...but it's a start to at least show some small amount of respect to indigenous people in general.

[@beardpandaa]

And to take advantage of that as a non native is such weird behavior to me. Like you could get any other role

[@miseryfell6417]

Yeah, I understand a bit of what you mean with the being a bunch of different tribes or group. Not to say I have the same experience as you, but as a Mexican I know I definitely have a decent amount of indigenous ancestry. We're basically mixtures of Spanish, French, Portuguese, Indigenous and maybe some small other groups. I don't think I can claim I'm from any sort of indigenous Mexican group nor would I feel comfortable doing so though.

[@purplestar703]

I used to work at an indigenous museum in Chicago and the amount of white people claiming to be Cherrokee would surprise a lot of people. Many would claim to have a "Cherokee princess" as an ancestor which DOES NOT EXIST by the way. Whereas when actually natives came to visit, they never flaunted their status, and it would deeply sadden me when many white people interacted with them because they would treat them like children in a way or act like they were an artifact.

[@Rigiroony]

That always bamboozled me. Like you can appreciate and relate to a culture without being apart of it. I appreciate inuit a lot. Definitely after I lived in Alaska a few years...but my family is white as shit. Legit the only thing I can flex is Irish xD And that's ok.

[@themagicalllama8514]

Seriously though, why are all of them Cherokee princesses 🤣

[@novepipps]

I read that Native Americans didn't have princesses..

[@ImpetuousPorkus]

It’s horrifically ironic considering the all the ethnic cleansing and genocide done against native Americans.....Your ancestors killed them for not being white and now you want to be them.

[@hannahrozenberg3411]

I think there are people who are white who feel that by having this native ancestry, they are a bit more exotic. And with the tensions that had been going on, there were people who didn’t want to identify as white since they viewed them as bad and oppressive.

[@anzhelikakonyashkina3849]

Dallas played Zuko so well. Actually, the best from all main cast😄 Hope in the next season they will be more into their roles ❤

[@JoJo-jr1hi]

I thought that Sokka was the best. Most accurate and he actually sounds like the voice actor in the cartoon back then.

[@hikittyfan]

i am so frustrated with hollywood's insistence on casting the palest possible poc and then going, aren't you happy we gave you representation! like no ! I think it's a little problematic to bring up his family's political beliefs as proof of him not being a poc bc poc and native people are not a monolith and have varying opinions on politics (not saying that I agree with these politics, i don't). I also think it's worth noting the US government's history of blood quantum and separating native children from their families. This means a lot of people have native ancestry that they don't have a way to legally prove because they don't meet blood requirements (something we don't do for any other race/ethnicity). Plus there are tribes that aren't recognized by the government and therefore are people who have native ancestry that aren't able to claim it legally. considering the US government's history of racism and genocide regarding indigenous people's should we trust their authority over what actual native people are saying? In Ian’s case, Cherokee is a nation so for him to claim nationality to a tribe and then have members of the tribe confirming he isn't a part of it seems very suspicious to me, and if he is pretending to be native and is taking a part from a native actor that's horrible considering there is already so little positive native representation in the media. idk the fact that ian or netflix hasn't said anything about this bothers me and if there's already this much controversy before production i can't imagine what the show is going to look like...

[@leocooking2661]

Yes, Cherokees owned slaves (I'm not saying its good) We can have opinions too. I am Cherokee and some of my family members voted for Trump. Most Cherokees are actually republican.

[@davemumi9172]

@@leocooking2661 They didn't own anyone, people can't own people. The terms are enslaver/enslaved, not that you care since it seems like you're boasting but we're not the ones who herded you into reservations and massacred you.

[@leocooking2661]

@@davemumi9172 Cherokees never had a reservation so act check yourself before you fact check others.

[@davemumi9172]

@@leocooking2661 It's a myth that Cherokee were enslavers, it's more accurate to say that mestizos were. Euro people had children with Amerindians and these mestizos were the enslavers. I was talking about Amerindians in general, it's just funny y'all worship White Caste people when they destroyed the lives of Amerindians and the reservation status of the Cherokee Nation was restored in 2020, so maybe fact check yourself you White Caste servant. Ya'll were herded like cattle to a designated area of land (trail of tears) and have recognized that and it sure wasn't us who did it.

[@leocooking2661]

@@davemumi9172 My ancestors didn't die in battles with other tribes to be called peace loving. We are humans too. Every single people on earth has had slaves.

[@cassiophellia]

I knew this whole Netflix adaptation was cursed the moment the original creators left. I wish Netflix would just stop trying to make these adaptions, I mean look at the flop that was the Winx Club 🙄

[@arandomavocado6021]

Poo 88⁸

[@07Flash11MRC]

"I wish Netflix would just stop trying to make these adaptions": It's more profitable for them to eff it up completely than not to adapt it at all. That's just capitalism.

[@jamangel]

Oop

[@handcrusher2658]

Personally as someone who is actually half native (Athabaskan) and definitely white passing, I don't get why people lie about this stuff?? Let actual natives have native roles because at the end of the day, non-white people are still till this day discriminated against and representation is still pretty tight (although representation is slowly getting better, some of it is trash.) All in all, if you are obviously 100% white, do not claim to be something you actually aren't. In the end, it hurts the community you are pretending to be in.

[@Ilovegrunge123]

Mortal kombat got confirmed its getting a second movie meaning we might get Nightwolf and they have stated that they want to as faithful to the ethnicity as possible.

[@ZeLeninovoMasoveRizoto]

Tbf, just because someone looks white doesn't mean they don't have the heritage. I'm anywhere between 25-100% poc (joys of belonging to an ethnicity that gets thrown back and forth like a bloody hot potato) and am extremely white passing in winter (summer not so much), so I could see this guy being in a similar situation. He definitely looks like he could be in some of the photos, though his family is another story. What annoys me more is that Netflix didn't even bother trying to cast an actual Canadian/Siberian native. Literally anyone between Urals and Greenland would have been better, even if he is part Cherokee.

[@egg_bun_]

@@ZeLeninovoMasoveRizoto I feel you, that's why I didn't bat an eye when I saw he was cast. I understand why people are skeptical though.

[@daniellarkins3849]

​@@ZeLeninovoMasoveRizotoSo, you like feeling exotic?

[@ZeLeninovoMasoveRizoto]

​@@daniellarkins3849 nah, usually I have better things to do, like existing.

[@LittleChortle]

The "you Taylot Lautner'd us" got me so bad omg

[@jessicablanco25]

I didn't understand that.😅 Can you explain it?

[@LittleChortle]

@@jessicablanco25 No worries!! Taylor Lautner's most famous role to date is Jacob in the Twilight movies. His character is supposed to be Native American, but he is totally white IRL, lol

[@LupinKing]

@@LittleChortle He's white?!? I thought he was at least mixed with something. Huh, 🌠the more you know 🌠

[@pixsdomain4886]

@@LupinKing My life is a lie 😭

[@Crawlingdreams418]

@@LupinKing he's probably one of those rare cases when the ancestral genes are strong (kinda like pushkin having type 4 hair bc of his black great grandfather even though the guy himself was mainly white). he said his mom has native ancestry. no one in my bigoted ass country would've thought he was white. i do think he should have confirmed it with a certificate or something, as indigenous rep is a sensitive topic.

[@skyyexplainsitall]

I'm so annoyed about this Sokka situation 😐😐😐😐 he doesn't deserve to do the "my girlfriend turned into the moon" 😒😒😒😒

[@desireehayles9353]

Agreed

[@monae6171]

1000 * agree

[@inkubator320]

I agree

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

That's rough buddy.

[@beabunny.]

Sokka is literally my favorite character in the whole show they cannot do him like this 😭😡 a true indigenous person deserves this role and there’s plenty out there!!! We want to see the representation!!! We want to love who these characters are and we want to see them brought to life ❤️ the main problem tho is the lying. It’s ok if hes mixed or at least looks the part

[@ham7240]

Literally like sokka is my fav fav character

[@hannahrozenberg3411]

There’s someone who was cast as a member of the Northern Water Tribe, Joel Oulette, he’s Indigenous. He was in a tv show called Trickster. Plus he’s very hot and can pass as Sokka!

[@lilyhudson8470]

@@hannahrozenberg3411 But did he audition for the role?

[@TshepoMohasoane]

Literally, no one asked for the characters to be aged up and to add sex scenes.

[@TshepoMohasoane]

@mushroom agree!!!!

[@OutcastYBJ]

Wtf there better not be any sex scenes they ruining my childhood and if I watch this show and it’s just a bunch of white washed characters imma start a whole war cause wtf the audacity the caucasity I want them to remake the whole thing or cancel it if they are not willing to cast real natives and indigenous people and fulll Asian not no Waisans I wasn’t full on Asians because they are stealing roles that aren’t meant for them it makes my blood boil

[@TheHardestPill]

I can't look at the show the same way again if there's gonna be sex scenes 😐

[@soundskindagay2709]

Wait there's gonna be sex scenes? Why tho? That's such a random addition to a CHILDREN'S show

[@debasrisikdar]

There's gonna be sex sences!-? God why

[@kashsingh7021]

The Native character on Yellowstone is played by a half Asian girl. The show does so much preaching on Native Issues but many don’t like they used a half Asian person for this role.

[@OutcastYBJ]

A lot of film with Asians they will use wasians instead white assist because they said it is more appealing to the audience I wanna beat whoever concepted that we want half white peopel stealing actual Asian roles and natives some of them are full white and aren’t even indigenous we don’t want any mixed race either if they don’t fire all the people they casted and recast imma start a riot

[@eo0-g9j]

Natives r originally from north asia so who cares?

[@OutcastYBJ]

@@eo0-g9j u did not just say that u are being so disrespectful know your place unless your indigenous u have not right and even if u where what u are saying makes no sense even if they originated from northern Asia they have different features and culture just cause someone is Asian does not mean they can play a native role especially if they only half

[@bloodsugar4092]

@@eo0-g9j stop with the Gaslighting. Native Americans are the first Americans. Period

[@44H44]

@@eo0-g9j that was 12000 years ago. We are our own race different from the modern Asian

[@teejay8621]

Taylor Lautner has no native decent but because He’s a white boy who can tan he took the main role of Jacob from an indigenous actor! This doesn’t surprise me! Plus I’m Native! Look into the series Yellowstone! There’s an Asian actress that was casted as Native. This happens all the time!!!

[@shanicek5188]

It's always the Cherokee people who get targeted with this bs 😭 I'm so sorry u guys

[@urmomschesthair5778]

7:48 I hate the phrase "looks white." There are so many mixed people--my self included--who "look white." You can want them to cast a fully native american person, but saying doesn't "look poc" enough is just rude. Also, the Cherokee nation he's enrolled not being officially recognized by the government does not mean he's not indigenous? Also why are we all just watching one tiktok video and collectively deciding it's all 100% true? Even if it is true that he lied, my point still stands that mixed people "look white" all the time and it doesn't make them any less of a person of color than a mixed person that does "look poc" Edit: I forgot to add this, but if he isn't lying, then he doesn't need to provide any explanation. He doesn't owe anyone proof of his ethnicity

[@comradeerik]

I'm mixed and I was gonna say this as well. I'm white passing thought people can tell im "not from here", although they can never accurately guess where I'm actually from, and I hate when people expect us to look a certain way because otherwise we're "fake claiming". I mean my dad looks sort of ambiguous but more white but his brothers look almost fully asian and have darker skin. Being white passing doesn't mean one's more obviously non white family members just dissapear or that one's culture or background they were raised in dissapears. I find trying to determine if someone's lying about their heritage or trying to figure out their "blood quantum" just absurd.

[@heatepancakes]

I suppose there's a very different approach in thought process here in Australia; To say that an Indigenous person doesn't look indigenous because they pass as white is a very offensive thing to say due to how our government tried to essentially 'dilute' their culture and ethnicity. Here, you'll see many shades of First Nation's people and that doesn't make anyone less 'indigenous' (Insane thing to say). So, to see this video and hear what some people are saying about his identity and ethnicity seems so bizzare and downright like erasure.

[@rodrigoe.gordillo2617]

I'm mexican (mixed like most)and I've been called white by people that don't know me 😂😂😂😂😂

[@rabbitazteca23]

I agree. EVERYTHING about ATLA is Asian/Native American inspired. Asian/Native American people are PRESENT and THERE. The casting should really be a no-brainer and an absolutely wonderful opportunity for POC to get roles especially when they are sidelined in a lot of roles historically and even in the present.

[@goodaimshield1115]

Hope you think the same for all other European inspired worlds out there. I agree though, ATLA should be East Asian like with some minor Native American and Central Asian, just as LOTR should be fully European (unless dealing with southern and eastern men), just as Black Panther should be fully Black African.

[@irfanismail3652]

Mongalion/turkic not inuit BoycottNickeldeon

[@craiglee3048]

The guy that plays Sokka is descended from a family of American Indians that refused to sign certain treaties and, in short, the Ousleys never ended up registered with any Tribe and have essentially been “passing” for about a hundred years. Just another small tidbit, but there are many people throughout the US that have some degree of Native blood within them but aren’t registered with any specific Tribe.

[@veelove429]

you know with big projects like this, the actors usually have no idea what they’re auditioning for. ian likely had no idea he was auditioning for sokka, and probably didn’t have any idea he would get the role. assuming someone would intentionally lie about their race to get cast is a big accusation. i am very sure he’s not out here rubbing his hands together like “hehehe let me lie about being native so i can steal this part from a full native actor 😈”. like seriously does that sound like something someone would do? it’s so totally clear to me why he got casted, his face shape and voice are so close, honestly if i closed my eyes i might think it was cartoon sokka talking. also he totally killed it with his acting, him and zuko stole the show. stop treating this fairly young actor as if he’s the face of white americans’ oppression of natives.

[@user-vv7tj1qi2j]

I wouldn't say its impossible for someone to do something like that; however, you are probably right that he didn't lie about anything regarding race/background to get cast. I also saw the casting video too, though who knows what else they spoke about off camera. Regardless, sometimes exceptions are made and not everyone likes that. Its understandable why, although not everything needs to involve race, ethnicity or background, though people will always have their own opinions and comments.

[@awesomesauce8424]

As if Inuit people haven't faced enough shit already, we don't even have a chance to be included in a show ABOUT US!!

[@indigoskies5434]

Ik this is late but this is so annoying and just so insensitive I’m really sorry about this y’all- a fellow BIPOC

[@awesomesauce8424]

@@indigoskies5434 no need to apologize. It's nice to know that you're not alone.

[@sarcastichamsandwich5413]

I’m not trusting Netflix to make it good solely on the fact that they want to sexualize it AND that the original creators left. I’m just seeing red flag after red flag. I’m willing to give it a shot, but my hopes aren’t high. I don’t really know what to think about the casting of Sokka, however, just because I’m not putting too much stake on TikTok and their fact checking. But if it IS true, it’s pretty shitty

[@Hersheychocolate12]

Since the creators left the show. Aging up Katara, leaving Aang at the same age. I know they’re going to make this sexual and there is going to be a sex scene with Katara and Zuko. I don’t want to see my childhood characters having sex for Netflix and see some white washed bs.

[@Vampiislay]

Literally, like why can’t they just let kids be kids ):

[@yessica5231]

They wanted to age them up way more and I think that's why the og left the project. Truly nothing is safe from oversexualization!

[@angel127_]

KATARA AND ZUKO????? they don’t even like eachother omg zuko is with Mai

[@Vampiislay]

@@yessica5231 If you think about it, it’s actually so predatory too…the fact that they feel the need to sexualize a CHILDRENS cartoon and age up literal kids like this, just for more views is disgusting.

[@murron1125]

Wait kataras actress is only 15. She's not aged up

[@the5starx]

lmao and Sokka turned out to be the best casting anyway

[@samlung2724]

The writers should have just let him play himself. Because compared to the interviews he's more Sokka in thoes videos compared to on the show

[@TheTubePortal2]

It's not true that he lied. He never misled anybody. He has direct Native American heritage, although not part of a tribe. One does not need to be part of a tribe to be full blooded Native American. My paternal grandfather was 100% Cherokee, but I'm not part of a tribe yet I still have a significant amount of Native blood.

[@1avery]

I am really grateful that you're talking about this situation! Also, I am so happy that I am able to go to the DoKomi this year! I will be able to meet so many cool artists, just like you

[@yleekyleek]

How did he lied being Native when he didn’t even know he was auditioning for it?

[@meowmeowfuzzyface3698]

This reminds me of Twilight. How they cast indigenous people for the side characters but they cast a white actor for Jacob, one of the MAIN characters. Hollywood loves to take opportunities for POC and steal them.

[@katitadeb]

For being "white" Taylor looks more indigenous than white actually, or just plain biracial. What is more important tho? The looks or the actual genes? What if a person with at least 70% indigenous is very white passing is casted to play a native American, would wrong or right? Just trying to understand you North Americans...

[@44H44]

@@katitadeb cast a full native so young native kids can look up to someone in the media and see a person represent them. There's to much of a history of white washing native roles in Hollywood. And their is plenty of native actors who aren't white passing but who also good actors

[@roseblacketupinku1059]

@@katitadeb What he looks doesn't matter. Its an issue that people had to question his race so much because he took on so many different race roles knowingly. If majority of Natives are not white passing, then why are majority of them in Hollywood portrayed as such? Its just flat out disrespectful and creates a false image of what natives are supposed to look like and teaches kids "Hey natives Americans are supposed to be as white as you or else they aren't native they are something else."🥴 It happens with black people as well. They'll pick the most biracial lightskin white passing Mariah Carey person and say she's black, and that gives the narrative that if black people don't look like zendaya they aren't actually black or pretty enough. Reading up on Asian fishing, black fishing, and Blackface. You'll get all your answers.

[@Night_Dragon11]

@@katitadeb Also on an unrelated note, White actor David Carradine also looks Indigenous despite being fully European, not that's its OK for white looking people to take Native roles but there are some people who look the part, Ian Ousely is not it though.

[@grendels_mother]

WAIT, TAYLOR ISN’T FULLY NATIVE? My whole childhood is a mf lie, I swear

[@rem8379]

im literally begging hollywood to stop casting half white actors to play fully poc characters

[@v.c.nguyen590]

I hope that you’re including Aang in this. People here are talking about Sokka when Aang is being played by an obviously mixed, part white actor. I’m not okay with that, and I’m mixed Asian/white. Aang is the (fantasy) Asian character that Asian-American kids and other diaspora Asian kids could use. It was bad enough that he was voiced by a white kid on the show, like most of the Avatar and Korra characters.

[@rem8379]

@@v.c.nguyen590 oh yeah he's def included. it's literally so frustrating to consume media as a poc. i'm not asian but i am part indigenous so i /was/ more pressed about the sokka thing. i'll be angry about aang's casting with you ✊🏽

[@roseblacketupinku1059]

@@v.c.nguyen590 And they better cast him in some white roles too. If he's Indigenous enough to play Aang he is white enough to play kid Indiana Jones. Idc what nobody says🤷🏾‍♀️

[@shizzlemywizzle1]

@@roseblacketupinku1059 ….. who is “they” lol

[@darao.4907]

literally i’m so tired of it 🙄 they want it to have as much proximity to whiteness as they can

[@evelyn_uchiha]

Netflix adaptations are rarely ever good. Hopefully this is different✨

[@Nephilim27]

Rarely? Never.

[@evelyn_uchiha]

@@Nephilim27 very true, it’s never! They did do a good job with Devilman Crybaby so that’s why I said rarely.

[@Nephilim27]

@@evelyn_uchiha Ahhh, okay that is true. 👌🏾

[@danib712]

Cowboy bebop didn’t even make through one season so I have zero hope

[@octoluna7817]

After watching a lot of Indigenous films and tv shows this year and seeing talented and young Indigenous actors and actresses, Netflix doesn’t have any excuses casting a white person. In a perfect world I would love to have a Inuit actor play Sokka but personally I would pick D'pharaoh Woon A Tai. After seeing him in Reservation Dogs I think he’s absolutely perfect to play Sokka.

[@Khymeira]

D'pharaoh Woon-A-Tai is amazing. That's where I saw him too

[@Ngelic]

Tbh the guy literally sounds like the voice actor so this was the least of my worries 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@Sukekun332]

Um

[@yoakleoakle]

I'm Chickasaw and my problem with this is there's no proof that' he's lying .. I also live on an Ojibwe res in Michigan and there are verying skin tones of natives ..

[@44H44]

@@yoakleoakle I don't like blood quantum I think its a tactic used to separate us but I do think when it comes to representing natives it needs to be someone not so white passing. I mean especially so native children can look up to these actors and see someone who can kind of represent them

[@yoakleoakle]

@@44H44 that is very fair but I don't see why the video creator would be upset a native American would get casted at all when we have such little representation

[@44H44]

@@yoakleoakle well im pretty sure the guy that claimed to be Cherokee was proved to be lying. And there's tons of full natives with a dark skin complexion who can act and I even read a comment where this was real but the guy trying out for this exact role wasn't casted. I just think there need to not be such white washing of natives in Hollywood so that native children who don't look like the few natives in Hollywood can see someone representing them although all props to every native actor whether ur half or a quarter.

[@darao.4907]

@@yoakleoakle well i’m not native so sorry if this isn’t my place but the only reason i don’t believe him is because the cherokee tribes specifically have rules about identifying as cherokee (especially for personal gain) if they didn’t have those i would def agree with you

[@AikoSilver]

tbh, if people have an issue with Sokka then I am surprised no one has a problem with Katara's cast too because they are both light-skinned. Katara was BROWN skinned and the problem with a lot of adaptations is colorism.

[@tototima8126]

They say as long as she’s indigenous then it’s fine lol honestly they could find other people that look more similar to the characters and yes colorism is my issue with the casting but it’s not like I have hope for the show anyways

[@ayoogunsakin9223]

not really, she's pretty tan. just go see her in the stuff she's been in.

[@AikoSilver]

@@ayoogunsakin9223 I seen her standing next to Ian Ousley and they pretty much look like the same beige color. The only difference is that Kia has more indigenous features bc ian is a pretendian

[@ayoogunsakin9223]

@The DisaStarWarsthe water tribe aren't based solely off Inuits. The video even points that out. There were light skin people in those tribes too eg Hama, Kuruk's wife and a lot of background characters. They just chose to have most of the main characters from the water tribe darker skinned because they wanted to.

[@leanna3625]

Because she's literally native. It's one thing to say something about the white person taking the native role, but it's another to tell an actual native person she doesn't have the right look to play the role of a native girl.

[@yomohanma]

I could probably play as Zuko & Sokka 😂

[@grendels_mother]

Shitt ur fine af too 😍

[@sillyladtan]

im just wondering how the cast members feel about this /: i mean wtf. lying you're a poc to work with actual poc. idk how he thought he'd be able to get away with it in this internet age

[@princesstriceestar]

I have no hope for any more live action adoptions of this show lol. The fact that the original creators have left the project make it even more a bad idea to place any hopes in this. The scandal of this guy lying is like icing on the terrible cake. The role could have worked with someone ambiguous, the problem is the lie. The lie means a better person losses out.

[@hikittyfan]

we could've had D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai play sokka just think about that

[@heralia.n8865]

That role should only be played by a real Native American.✨

[@ShavDance]

Why is that?

[@heralia.n8865]

@@ShavDance The appearance would be more realistic.

[@mordetwi4202]

@@ShavDance bc we want native representation

[@wrathofthelamb318]

Light skinned native americans exist. They are still real native americans. We come in all shapes and colors.

[@bekahb270]

I was REALLY hoping to see D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai casted... He did amazing in his role on Reservation dogs and I feel like he would be perfect for the role.. I also agree with the whole "picking the lightest poc possible" thing. So many people who wanted to see D'Pharaoh play the role were responded to with rhetoric like "he's too dark to play Sokka".. SOKKA AIN'T EXACTLY LIGHT!! It's just really sad. Growing up as a native, the absolute best representation I had was from a movie where the main character was a yellow horse (Spirit of the cimarron) !! Everything else was villainized racist caricatures of my people. I'm really hoping new generations will grow up able to look at the screen and see themselves as a princess or the hero of the story. :')

[@kailawkamo1568]

YO I FINISHED WATCHING THAT YESTERDAY. He would've been perfect

[@AfroRedMusic]

We HAVE to keep up the pressure! Even if this adaptation is lack luster, at LEAST let it be with all Indigenous casting!

[@deprimada3560]

A lot of people were fundamentally against an adaptation of ATLA but I was excited due to who it would center. America doesn't have shows that center Asian and Indigenous people this way. Now, its hard to be as excited and hopeful

[@invadersickness]

Where I live there are so many Native actors who would love to be on ATLA and who would make a great Sokka. If the actor for Sokka is found to be lying and is gonna be recasted I hope they actually look into different tribes for Sokka.

[@Lucy-uv4hv]

Absolutely disgusting (and quite frankly racist) to hound the actor and demand "proof" of his heritage. Firstly, because he's very clearly NOT 100% ethnically white - just look at his facial features. Look at his bone structure. Sorry, but you just need to glance at him for 0.2 of a second to see that he's not white. I'm seriously doubting whether the people complaining he looks white have ever seen a native American person before. It's so ludicrous it's honestly sad, and the number of people calling him white and then mocking his facial features - his eye shape and chin shape, for some reason - makes me think they just wanted an excuse to be racist without being accused of being racist. And please, I'm begging you, don't get your information solely from a loud few people on tiktok and twitter who want to cancel actors. Listen to actual native people on this one - MANY native people are not federally recognised, or are part of 'illegitimate' tribes. The reason being the forced migration and eradication of native communities. Thanks to the treatment of native people throughout the last few hundred years, many native people have no ties to their community, or records of their heritage other than tradition and family stories. To gatekeep and deny them their heritage because of this is just racist. So what if there are some white people who take advantage of these 'illegitimate' tribes? I'd rather put up with a minority of white people making up stories about being native than deny a majority of actual native people access to their identity and their spaces. Many native people have also pointed out to these 'fans' that the concept of having to have your native identity recognised by the invading government in order to be considered legitimate to internet sleuths is frankly disgusting.

[@diy_cat9817]

This. People are being so racist and because they think they're being racist to a white man, it's okay. Ian is not white, not wholly at any rate. And the purity testing is WILD.

[@raeheartzu]

You're absolutely correct!

[@emzersomg]

I love how the last 3 minutes are just her fangirling LMAOO

[@Currentlydusk]

It’s Daniel Dae Kim, i don’t blame her

[@alexandria8501]

Just recast him please 😭

[@monovatherealest]

I don't think they can since they're so far along in production 😩 I wish this came out sooner

[@jessicaflaws7978]

I’m mixed and I look white as fuck so people lying about heritage or ethnicity really triggers me because I get called a liar when I explain I’m mixed! People accuse me of lying and claiming that I’m adopted and my parents lied to me…..

[@maffieduran]

Same

[@eviezucchinimartini]

same but i'm more racially ambiguous. i hate when i tell people im half black and they're like, 'no, you're latina/asian/whatever, literally any race' and it's like !!!! white people pretending to be other races is making it harder for people like us

[@jessicaflaws7978]

@coffee cats I’m just saying people are weird for lying considering his whole family appears white and the organization is allegedly fake! He basically using someone else’s heritage as an advantage making it harder for people who are actually from the heritage, race or ethnicity ( whether they are mixed or not)

[@grendels_mother]

Don’t even bother trying to explain your racial makeup to a bunch of weirdos. You don’t owe anyone an explanation, if you already know who you are, babe.

[@sitarules1722]

I'm Native American (mom) and Ecuadorian (dad) so I look indigenous and latina passing I look more tan and "brownish" than my two younger sisters they both look white passing I remember some people ask why do I look "darker" compared to my fair skinned sisters and I look nothing like them even though if you see all three of us we looked totally related and I look more like my mom and my sisters look more like dad some people ask if one of us is adopted😑

[@Thenpai]

and the thing that really stood out to me the most is that he claimed he was Cherokee native which is honestly just a very common white person placeholder because they don't have any other knowledge on Native American culture.

[@mitsos653]

How dare them that they didnt hire an actual bison to play the role of Apa

[@simpleplanfan011]

I’m trying to have hope for this show but I have a feeling Netflix is gonna mess this tf up.

[@annalang5687]

I also think they should have gone for actual Inuit or Siberian actors for the water tribe. They always manage to cast the side characters correctly, but the main roles need to be white (or white passing?). Get out of here. Aside from all of this, it's obviously going to suck. Maybe it's good they aren't involved.

[@emmavrijburg6676]

When POC play “white” fictional characters like Ariel, the whole internet turns upside down because “mermaids can’t be black” but when white people play roles that are very obviously POC roles, the outage always stays within the fandom.

[@rockfreakweirdo15]

I think that D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai would’ve been a better casting choice for Soka

[@awkwird8035]

While I agree with your general assessment. As a mixed person I really, really hate the whole, "your skin color doesn't match your race". It's incredibly offensive and alienates a lot of us from our own ethnic communities. If someone ISN'T blood native that is one thing (like him lying about being native), but not looking like what you say you are isn't an argument.

[@cottonwood9894]

in my opinion its another form of blood quantum but i dont think most people would agree

[@solunastra9497]

i disagree. i think it’s a huge problem to put light skinned poc on the screen to represent dark skinned characters. colorism is a huge deal in the industry, therefore suggesting that color shouldn’t be a factor is wrong.

[@isak406]

Indigenous rep is so hard to come by and here comes a show where it could have been so easy to show a whole cast of Asian and Native people on screen and they botched it… I hate it here lol

[@someperson6475]

my fancast was D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, he's canadian indigenous, brownskin and knows karate. would have been perfect but oh well

[@annabellthedoll9953]

This video aged badly. Didn't it? He didn't lie about who he was.

[@puturavindrawiguna3025]

can you elaborate please? I want to know more about it

[@chainsaw8507]

@@puturavindrawiguna3025 The actor is indigenous, but he isn't in a recognized tribe. There are a lot of indigenous tribes that don't have an official relationship with the U.S. government

[@jamiebutterworth3576]

I love watching her vids they are just so down to earth and informative

[@berserk____1878]

Bro was the best actor on the show lmao

[@ollichoiii4623]

I think he dont look like Sokka ... expecially his skin tone. In addiction he is so different from Katara actress. I mean I know it's difficult to find similar actors but they have to be brothers you know haha

[@emd4682]

This video aged so badly, Ian embodied Sokka so well in the live action. This is why acting shouldn't be about race and "diversity".

[@raeheartzu]

Right? I came back to see how it would hold up 😅

[@staryxmoonlit]

Not to mention ian is in fact indigenous, but hey ho 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@jiafei8482]

​@@staryxmoonlit this video is not a statement are yall dumb

[@BOFAMET]

Idk how you could say he "embodies Sokka so well" when the adaptation's writing for Sokka was absolutely trash?? The actor didn't have a chance to "embody Sokka so well" because the character as re-written was hardly "Sokka" to begin with.

[@EduardoHerrera-fr6bd]

proof?​@@staryxmoonlit

[@milkdrinker110]

he gives me freddie from icarly vibes

[@rebelofsociety7285]

They casted a black woman to play Ariel and the live action, Little mermaid I don’t think it’s that deep. (I am Native American too). I’m just saying at least he looks close enough to the cartoon character. 😂😂😂

[@jiafei8482]

Mermaids don't exist

[@rodrigoe.gordillo2617]

Exactly just double standards

[@maffieduran]

This is giving me Noah Centineo admitting he lied about being latino to get a role flashbacks. And yes, I know latino is not a race, but even white latinos have an indigenous dna percentage, unlike him, which made it worse.

[@OutcastYBJ]

This just proves how racist they really are be cause they don’t care they should never audition for a whole that wasn’t meant for them

[@Artemis820]

Wait for real, I had no idea Noah centineo wasn't part latino till right now. Damn so we got another ronni hawk out here huh? Ngl I kind of forgot about his existence a long time ago, I never really got the whole hype about him and he could never replace Jake t Austin for me in the fosters.

[@phoebesekine4783]

Untrue. Many Latinos are direct descendants of Europeans and have blonde hair, blue eyes, etc. What we need to do is recognize that as Latino is an ethnicity, white/brown/black/etc Latinos are not interchangeable.

[@M00NL9GHT]

@@phoebesekine4783 Soo true. There are SO MANY indigenous South Americans and we need to give them more recognition. Just like indigenous Mexicans, Cubans, etc.

[@ga3697]

Direct descendants of Europeans?? Blonde hair and blue eyes??🤣🤣🤣 Maybe in Argentina but that's due to WWII. My parents are from Guatemala and Mexico, please go over there and conduct a study on how many blonde haired and blue eyes you see...I'll be waiting...it's def a minority, not "many".

[@A_Beacon_Of_Hope]

This video didn't aged well, Sokka was amazing in the live action

[@gwen5715]

The KZbinr doesnt admit they are wrong. She just calls out people then runs away when its time to face up

[@A_Beacon_Of_Hope]

@@gwen5715 Frfr, I HATE her because she is the reason why many people weren't excited for the show like she ruined the excitement and Sokka got a lot of hate for no reason.

[@A_Beacon_Of_Hope]

@@gwen5715 I hate people who spread hate

[@jiafei8482]

​@@gwen5715 how dumb are you?? She just talks about rumors and info that was available back then first from the cast process. It's just talk

[@ayoogunsakin9223]

You guys sound dumb ash. no new information has come out about him actually being indigenous. all we know still is that he's part of a fake tribe.

[@staryxmoonlit]

hey! turns out ian IS indigenous! hope this helps!

[@ayoogunsakin9223]

you just came here to lie.

[@staryxmoonlit]

@@ayoogunsakin9223search it up then

[@nerds-nonsense]

While that is true, it’s not helpful. He’s still white as being white and indigenous are not mutually exclusive. Race is completely separate from ethnicity, so it’s still whitewashing. White ppl do the same thing to black ppl all the time, casting the lightest possible actor they can get away with to play darker skinned ppl.

[@markcruz359]

I personally would rather have good acting talent that captures the personality of the character versus specific ethnicity

[@Dylan-ni9my]

Wrong, he's a horrific actor and lied about his ethnicity to get a role.

[@zm6947]

Same here. I think they were too fixated on ethnicity instead of good acting. Look how lifeless Katara is. They nailed Zuko and Iroh though. They were my favorite part of the live action.

[@comradeerik]

I swear the actor is native though at least partly? I haven't seen any real sources saying he isn't - and he looks like he has non white heritage to me - and I don't see a reason to try and decude a person's "real ethnicity" because that's honestly a really weird and creepy thing to speculate on

[@Aventucats]

why would you block a black person for correcting you on appropriating aave

[@cococcom3llow402]

Blck ppl* she blocked sm ppl who were blck even me lol

[@Aventucats]

@@cococcom3llow402 Wth

[@ANONYMOUS-zy3cd]

The ignorance in this video is so annoying. I hope you make an apology to the actor.

[@jiafei8482]

She said allegedly you deaf idiot plus she even used information from the internet and is talking about the rumors/info there was

[@nerds-nonsense]

The ignorance in your comment is so annoying. Yes, bruh is indigenous…he’s still white. Race and ethnicity are not mutually exclusive, you can be white and indigenous. Which means it’s still whitewashing, and still inappropriate. I hope you apologize to the creator.

[@emgarcia5636]

I am mixed race but I'm not white passing, meanwhile some "full blooded" (BQ is racist but for the sake of this conversation) Natives look "like just plain old white people." Indigenous is not a look. I totally agree that white/white coded/white passing (really whatever you wanna call it idc) Natives are constantly chosen for opportunities over Natives of color, but that doesn't make white Natives less Indigenous...? I just think the intricacies of this conversation, especially when it comes to "fake tribes" should be handled by Natives? I have my own suspicions about the tribe but I think accusations without proof do more harm to Natives as a whole than good. Some people don't believe the Lumbee tribe is legit, for example, because of Black ancestry. It's just a slippery slope. The best we can do is leave it to genealogists and other professionals. Speculation is dangerous.

[@gabriellefile4745]

This is exactly what I’m thinking!! I did like this video, but questioning percentage of native blood is exactly what those white colonizers did when they took over their land. Even if that actor isn’t native, saying “50% native” or any other percentage will always rub me the wrong way and will always be wrong. I feel like a good portion of the conversation on Twitter are natives calling out bullshit, although that app loves to drown out POC voices. I agree, if you aren’t that actors doctor or native yourself-sit this one out on trying to make a trillion Twitter posts. Netflix will probably recast anyways, but who the hell knows. I feel like there is substantial proof of him lying.. but it isn’t my place to say he’s without a doubt lying. It is a shame that Netflix didn’t cast someone darker, and who actually is Inuit instead of mashing all Native Americans together…

[@emgarcia5636]

@@gabriellefile4745 YEAH that's my personal complaint tbh. So glad Natives are getting acting opportunities and I'm not about to rally to take that away but where are the inuit actors...? Like even if he is legitimately "50%" Cherokee it'd still be a weird casting choice. AND HES PALE AF!!!!

[@emgarcia5636]

@coffee cats Yes as a racialized Native I am aware there are certain features associated with certain Natives from certain areas. But my epicanthic folds and flat nose are not typically what people think of when they think of Native Americans either, it's always dark skin and high cheekbones with angular noses. As it turns out, different people will have different ethnic features, so no, there is no one Indigenous look. Some tribes were paler than others. Some had white ancestors marry in but it doesn't make them less Indigenous. Blood quantum is racist and assuming you can tell who is or isn't Native by appearance alone is racist. All that aside. Personally I think the actual issue here is casting someone so incredibly light skinned, who is not Inuit, for a dark skinned Inuit role.

[@emgarcia5636]

@coffee cats I didn't read past "I looked up blood quantum." If you are neither Indigenous nor qualified to speak on the issue, just say that and save everyone some time.

[@nalad9387]

this is a completely diff convo tho...like this actor is deadass white. and white passing native americans have white privilege. not to mention issues with colorism within the native community (remember that tiktok trend where light skinned native americans were mocking darker skinned ones for looking burnt?) I think shifting this convo to the oppression of white passing natives is bullshit. this is about the lack of representation for native americans and brownface. at the end of the day a white passing native is going to be treated white...trying to act like they are victims is bs. the girl that plays katara isn't brown either, so let's no act like white passing natives are under represented when most native representation is done by white passing or white mixed natives.

[@sarar4510]

Watching this video after watching the live action 4:06 they totally cast Dallas as Zuko right. He was my favorite, and my husbands favorite too!

[@BreadBasketBaker]

Being Cherokee its hard dealing with this shit like "im a cherokee princess" its so annoying because im v pale and get questioned alot on my race when white people LOVE to lie about their heritage its sooooooo fun :)

[@minyumonet4746]

By the title alone I can already tell this sure is gonna be something

[@spikeyferret8613]

Can we all agree tho the casting of uncle iroh is just perfection

[@fromthegetgo4981]

Tbh the colorism is annoying though. Katara has darker skin and I don’t think we’ll ever see an adaptation where that is reflected :/

[@Bala_Niranna]

taylor lautner looks more convincingly indigenous than this mildly toasted slice of wonderbread. even if he wasnt lying, were there no brown native actors who actually look like the character they could cast???

[@bean9482]

i miss ur uploads so much pls come back queen

[@junjunjamore7735]

"He claimed to be half Cherokee." it's always Cherokee.

[@mrsfahrenheit]

I kinda don’t understand why it’s so hard to have an open casting in like Canada and/ or Greenland where most people with inuit backgrounds and/ or inuit tribes live today or something so people who are supposed to play the roles of katara and sokka and the rest of the water tribes and maybe just don’t have a chance to travel by plane to go to a casting or don’t have a big following on social media and therefore won’t get recognition that easily still have the chance to play these characters. Like there are tons of yet unkown great children and people there who can act AND deserve a chance to represent these characters! I mean Netflix definitely has the money! And in general .. wouldn’t it make sense to AT LEAST make sure the characters who are supposed to play siblings have the same background? And at least try to cast kids who have at least a few slight similar features so they‘d actually look like they’re siblings ? come on… that’s just lazy ..

[@peytoncooley8778]

Ive seen really good things about the guy whose playing Zuko. He was in PEN15 and did really well in that plus some people who’ve worked with him have said he’s really professional and hard working. So I’m optimistic for the whole cast except yt boy sokka.

[@tianming4964]

As someone who's half Asian half white I can say that the actor definitely doesn't look 100% white to me. Maybe he's not Cherokee, but I don't believe he's fully white either, he's got to have some Native or other non-white ancestry. Most of my cousins and family friends are half white half Asian and a lot of them look even more white than he does, some even with blonde hair and light eyes. There isn't one type of way that a mixed-race person looks. I have cousins who pass as fully Asian and others who look fully white, even though they're all 50/50.

[@comradeerik]

I was gonna say this as well. I'm also white/asian mixed and I'm white passing more or less, but my uncles aren't at all and have midtone skin. Mixed families have people who can looks very different from eachother. I thought that the actor looks mixed as well.

[@frogBISCUITS]

If its netflix producing it, for sure they will be changing POC characters to white characters. They did the same with Fate the winx saga

[@Jay_one]

« You taylor lautnered us » is a vibe

[@glx224]

And in my opinion it was a perfect cast. He nailed apperance of character and even voice. Not quite personality since he's more mature i guess in adaptation. Overall great!