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There is one part of the film I didn't quite understand. The whole war at the end of the movie was to stop the humans to bomb the Tree of Souls. However, wasn't that tree already destroyed by the dozers the morning after they "mate for life"? Also, how was Jake with the tree praying before the war when it was destroyed? The Na'Vi look like a lot of different native peoples on Earth, with their war paint and their weapons and so on. Were they actually based on Earth tribes? So the Na'Vi are hunters but they don't kill too many animals. What's their main food source? Why do the Na’vi so readily accept Jake into their culture?

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Avatar is a fantasy in which the history of colonization is rewritten, but it a fantasy specifically for white people living with a heavy dose of liberal guilt. And it is one that, ultimately, marginalizes indigenous peoples and affirms white supremacy.
If it were a fantasy for, say, the American Indian population in the U.S., the story might go a little differently. In that fantasy there would be no Sully character. It’s that simple.

The offensive movie cliche that won't die

Q.Do they label other nationalities this way as well? Not the term "magical negro" but something else? Are there films out there that have these roles reversed? Why does the author have to label blacks as "magical negro"? Why doesn't white people want black people to succeed? They have rights like everyone else. Why the prejudice?

A.:Not sure what to think of this reading.  Seems to me that the relationships between the "magical nergroes" and white men are potrayed as master and servant in films. I find it kind of racial that films are made that way. Shouldn't everyone be equal and not labeled like that. My thing is that the actors and actresses aren't even worried about it because they are big time stars in there own right. I don't agree how the author tries to label black actors and actresses thos way. If it was a problem then they wouldn't be known or be in the films.

"Race Relations Light Years from Earth

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As one of the most popular movies produced I find it hard to believe that it is regarded as a racist movie. Why would they even bring that up? I don't think Jake is the "whit messiah".  Wouldn't he have to be like one of them in from the get go not at the end? How are extraterrestrials of race? Are they basing this movie as racist because of this statement "How does it feel to betray your own race?" I don't know I'm confused with that statement. So why did the author change his mind at the end? Are there movies that are actually racist?




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I don't think this movie is in anyway racist and to say that this movie is implies the director is a racist. In the movie the white actors discovery of another world in which extraterrestrials live. They send Jake Sully to the planet to befriend the people and to try and take their riches. So how does this movie to be racists. I guess it depends on ones opinion on the matter.