The new N-word is Navi
Imitation might be the sincerest form of flattery but blackface is still offensive. How about blue face? If you paint your face blue and dress up like a cat-alien are you going to offend the fictional species you intend to honour? Humans invaded pandora, attempt to forcable relocated the Navi, destroy their life tree and attempt a violent geneocide, do you think they would be positively disposed toward humans then painting their face to look like them. They dont exist do I guess it doesn't matter, yet god doesn't exist but polish people can get locked up for blasphemy. Smurfs might get offended, do they have an advocacy group.
The really interesting question that avatar raised, for me, concerned the Navi being the only race left and only having one religion. Now consider that Navi is four letter, two syllables, basicaly it is Nazi with one letter difference in fact vwxyz, it's four letter away in the alphabet, is Cameron warning us about the dangers of peace and harmony and living close to nature? That homogeneity can only be the result of a hidden past that included systematic genocide. I guess we'll never know unless avatar 2 is a prequel.
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