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Comment on George Takei to Hollywood: “Quit Whitewashing Anime” by Anonymous:

I hope ‘wood sinks with the rest of Cali. (Yes, I live in America, just around the Eastern part of the country.

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• George Takei to Hollywood: “Quit Whitewashing Anime”:
  

  firenation’s building look like thailand while airbender clothes somehow resemble Himalayan monk Waterbender looks like ainu tribe from japanese and earthbender is chinese

• George Takei to Hollywood: “Quit Whitewashing Anime”:
  

  I don’t think The Last Airbender flopped because it had a white cast. Anime in general doesn’t feature Japanese-looking characters, and The Last Airbender wasn’t a particularly Asian story as much as it was a universal one. If I had to pick a reason it flopped, it would be because in so many ways it missed the point of the “anime” (or American cartoon in the style of anime, if you prefer). The Fire Nation was played by Indian actors, all of whom overacted their parts and came off as …

• George Takei to Hollywood: “Quit Whitewashing Anime”:
  

  I hated that George took away a straight role from a straight person. They should have cast Sulu better and gotten someone that didn’t predominately suck cock. George should only be allowed to play gay roles. See what I did there… Idiots…

• George Takei to Hollywood: “Quit Whitewashing Anime”:
  

  Except the bong

• George Takei to Hollywood: “Quit Whitewashing Anime”:
  

  “Another example would be Jesus, that somehow is portrayed as a snow white caucasian man, even though he was a jew and likely quite brown if he would have existed.” Yeah, apparently you know very little about historical sources.

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• Japan NEETer Than Ever:
  

  The issue is our culture in the US. We bitch about outsourcing yet allow companies to do this to protect their extreme profits. Trickle-down works on paper, but it was never enforced; it was all volunteer. No one volunteered. And you’re asking greedy companies to pay well… good luck with that in American Capitalism (which has spread like a disease). Next is the cost of bills etc. I never understood why our electricity bill is so high and why in my area no company has invested in solar. Pass …

• Japan NEETer Than Ever:
  

  Granted, our social safety net is pretty thin. This reminds me of how my stepdad wants me to get a job in Southern California with little work experience during my summer break. I refuse to flip burgers and be treated like shit.

• Japan NEETer Than Ever:
  

  Many companies can afford demands most other western countries have written into law, it just cuts into their profits too much for them to like.

• Japan NEETer Than Ever:
  

  More like unions are killing job opportunities here in the US. My dad actually once worked in a factory, and when the union came in, it killed it. People who own factories here in the US can’t afford the ridiculous high labor costs unions force them to pay their work force. You can only make so much money from a product afteral. So guess what? They move those factories overseas where labor is cheaper.

• Japan NEETer Than Ever:
  

  Emotionally healthy people shouldn’t give a fuck about perceived moral implications of joblessness. People who use NEET as a curse-word have far greater issues in their personal lives than the social status of strangers.