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The Mortal Interview: Cassandra Clare on Diversity
Cassandra Clare is the product of an adventurous literary family. Born in Tehran, Iran, she is the daughter of respected American author Professor Richard Rumelt. Her grandfather Max Rosenberg produced...
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“Allegiance: A New American Musical” Aims for Broadway
The man standing on stage looks like George Takei, but when he speaks, it’s not with the mellifluous, warm voice of a famous actor and advocate. His voice is coarse, ragged and grizzled. Instead of a...
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British East Asian actors speak out against “The Orphan of Zhao”
Britain’s esteemed Royal Shakespeare Company is producing the 13th century Chinese play, “The Orphan of Zhao,” with no British East Asain actors in principal roles. In fact, two of the three East Asian...
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Messages Across the Ages: Thoughts on “Cloud Atlas”
I can’t deny that I love the Wachowski Siblings. When I was a kid, I used to play The Matrix over and over again; as a teenager, I would reference the series as one of my favorite movie series. The...
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Missed Opportunities and Justifications for “Argo”
Ben Affleck’s Oscar nomination for Argo, announced this week, reignited what CNN calls a “controversy” surrounding the film. As we reported back when the film was announced in June 2011, director Ben...
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“47 Ronin” and the Hollywood Outcast
Next Christmas, Keanu Reeves stars in 47 Ronin, a fantasy film based on the historical event known as Chushingura. In the early 1700s, a group of forty-seven Japanese samurai avenged the murder of...
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“Bullet to the Head” Brings Diverse Casting to a Familiar Story
Racebending.com was invited to attend a red carpet screening of the new Warner Bros film, Bullet to the Head. The screening was sponsored by Warner Bros, KoreAm Journal, and Audrey Magazine in...
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Interview with Holly Black and Sarah Rees Brennan, YA Authors
Holly Black and Sarah Rees Brennan are two well-known, published authors in the young adult genre and proof that dedicated white fantasy authors can include characters of color in their works. Holly...
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Yellowface and the Adult Film Industry’s Asian American Problem
What happens when a prominent adult film producer creates a homage to one of the few television shows with an Asian American character–and decides to depict that character in blatant yellowface? Guest...
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“Olympus Has Fallen” and racial nativism
Today is the release date of Olympus Has Fallen, an action movie that unfortunately reflects the Hollywood (and American) stereotype of white nativism: the assumption that American automatically means...
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“The Crow” Reboot Should Extend Opportunities
Relativity Media is remaking the cult classic film The Crow (1994). Although this iconic story is being brought back to the silver screen, the breakthrough progress made by The Crow in terms of...
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Star Trek: Into Whiteness
If there’s one thing that most fans of Star Trek will agree on, it’s the fact that Gene Roddenberry’s vision for the show — and, more optimistically, for human society — was predicated on the idea that...
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Interview with “Miranda Mercury” author Brandon Thomas
She’s the greatest adventurer in this, or any other galaxy, the kind of old-fashioned, classic science-fiction heroine that can successfully defeat The Time Raiders of Xaxium, brave the wonders of The...
View ArticleShattering Convention in Comic Book Storytelling SDCC’13 video and transcript!
Racebending.com's third annual panel for San Diego ComicCon International featured comic book creators and their insights on advocating for diversity.
View ArticleAdam WarRock debuts his “Avatar: The Last Airbender” themed EP!
Hip hop artist Adam WarRock releases his latest geeky music EP--this time themed around the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender. We interview him for the scoop on his latest compilation of secret...
View ArticleDiaspora, Immigration and Identity in “Avatar: The Last Airbender”
"I think when a story is well told, with authenticity and love, it has the potential to illuminate many perspectives and strike empathy in many different people." Critical analysis of the diasporic...
View ArticleAvatar: The Last Airbender – The Search ties up a loose end and raises an...
A review of Gene Yang's sequel comic book series, which reveals the fate of Zuko's missing mother
View ArticleA Look Back at Racebending and the Academy Awards
Historically, the Academy Awards has rewarded whitewashing at the expense of opportunities for actors of color.
View ArticleModern Hollywood and the Ancient East
The 1001 Arabian Nights. The Biblical flood and the family that repopulated the world. The Jewish exodus out of Ancient Egypt. The story of Jesus of Nazareth. The Ancient Egyptian gods Horus, Ra, and...
View ArticleDiverse Means for Diverse Worlds panel at C2E2!
Racebending is proud to announce that we will be hosting our first Midwest panel discussion on media representation in comics, Diverse Means for Diverse Worlds at this years C2E2 in Chicago! The panel...
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