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    anony6983

    [1]May 11, 2008
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    I dont know if you guys already mentioned this when this episode came out but Guru Pathik is obviously Indian and that confused me a bit because the whole world of avatar is generally asian

    So how did a different nationality produce when the only "nationalities" are fire nation, air nomads, earth kingdom and water tribes and all contain just asian people

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    zukofangirl2006

    [2]May 11, 2008
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    anony6983 wrote:

    I dont know if you guys already mentioned this when this episode came out but Guru Pathik is obviously Indian and that confused me a bit because the whole world of avatar is generally asian

    So how did a different nationality produce when the only "nationalities" are fire nation, air nomads, earth kingdom and water tribes and all contain just asian people

    lern2geography

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    DrAvatar

    [3]May 11, 2008
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    India is in Asia....ummm...yeah....
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    anony6983

    [4]May 11, 2008
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    I know my geography...India is in South Asia and generally when you differentiate you use South Asian for India, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc and just Asia for China etc etc

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    picaboomman

    [5]May 11, 2008
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    DrAvatar wrote:
    India is in Asia....ummm...yeah....


    damn you i was just about to post that!
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    picaboomman

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    anony6983 wrote:

    I know my geography...India is in South Asia and generally when you differentiate you use South Asian for India, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc and just Asia for China etc etc

    nooo.....
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    DrAvatar

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    anony6983 wrote:

    I know my geography...India is in South Asia and generally when you differentiate you use South Asian for India, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc and just Asia for China etc etc
    South Asia is still apart of Asia.
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    zukofangirl2006

    [8]May 11, 2008
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    Surely people can't miss that I was the first to correct her?
    Edited on 05/11/2008 1:18pm
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    anony6983

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    DrAvatar wrote:
    anony6983 wrote:

    I know my geography...India is in South Asia and generally when you differentiate you use South Asian for India, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc and just Asia for China etc etc
    South Asia is still apart of Asia.

    Yea I know that but im differentiating it as I already said

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    anony6983

    [10]May 11, 2008
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    zukofangirl2006 wrote:
    Surely people can't miss that I was the first to correct him?

    its HER and there was no "correcting" involved

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    zukofangirl2006

    [11]May 11, 2008
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    anony6983 wrote:

    zukofangirl2006 wrote:
    Surely people can't miss that I was the first to correct her?

    its HER and there was no "correcting" involved

    Sorry, fix'd and there was in fact a lot of correcting involved. I was kidding this post anyway.

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    DrAvatar

    [12]May 11, 2008
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    South Asia is a part of Asia as it clearly says in the name. It is a different part of Asia and may have some slight cultural and physical variation it is a part of Asia nonetheless.

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    DeeDuck33

    [13]May 11, 2008
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    When the Avatar universe refers to Asia, it refers to ALL of Asia (not just China), if that is what you are talking about.
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    khalid13

    [14]May 11, 2008
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    DrAvatar wrote:

    South Asia is a part of Asia as it clearly says in the name. It is a different part of Asia and may have some slight cultural and physical variation it is a part of Asia nonetheless.



    On the contrary - I'm South Asian. Strictly speaking, we are Asians (yeah, we live in Asia). But when you talk in context of race, Asians are generally considered to be Chinese, Japanese etc. We're South Asians - residents of the Indo-Pak subcontinent. Our features, culture etc are much different from other 'Asians.'
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    DrAvatar

    [15]May 11, 2008
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    khalid13 wrote:
    DrAvatar wrote:

    South Asia is a part of Asia as it clearly says in the name. It is a different part of Asia and may have some slight cultural and physical variation it is a part of Asia nonetheless.

    On the contrary - I'm South Asian. Strictly speaking, we are Asians (yeah, we live in Asia). But when you talk in context of race, Asians are generally considered to be Chinese, Japanese etc. We're South Asians - residents of the Indo-Pak subcontinent. Our features, culture etc are much different from other 'Asians.'

    The word 'Avatar' is a hindu word which is where the show takes a lot of its mythology from.

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    tomtitan

    [16]May 11, 2008
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    To be fair, the original poster does have a point. Most people in the show seem Chinese, Japanese, that sort of Asian. Guru is the only person who appers Indian.

    Although the show is chock full of Hindu (mostly Indian religion) philosophy. The word Avatar itself comes from Hindu beliefs. So yeah, Indian's cool too. My best friend's Indian. (but he's from Goa, and he's Christian. So, yeah...)
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    Maria93

    [17]May 11, 2008
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    Avatar is inspired in Asian culture and India is in Asia
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    khalid13

    [18]May 11, 2008
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    Maria93 wrote:
    Avatar is inspired in Asian culture and India is in Asia


    Correction: Avatar is inspired by Buddhist and Hindu (but mainly Buddhist) culture. Saudi Arabia is also in Asia. So are Turkey and Russia.

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    But on another note, for people who live as far South as the Pole, have you noticed how dark Sokka and Katara's skins are? They have quite a North Indian/Arab skin colour. Toph, from a warmer climate, is fairer than both of them.
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    khalid13

    [19]May 11, 2008
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    DrAvatar wrote:
    khalid13 wrote:
    DrAvatar wrote:

    South Asia is a part of Asia as it clearly says in the name. It is a different part of Asia and may have some slight cultural and physical variation it is a part of Asia nonetheless.

    On the contrary - I'm South Asian. Strictly speaking, we are Asians (yeah, we live in Asia). But when you talk in context of race, Asians are generally considered to be Chinese, Japanese etc. We're South Asians - residents of the Indo-Pak subcontinent. Our features, culture etc are much different from other 'Asians.'

    The word 'Avatar' is a hindu word which is where the show takes a lot of its mythology from.



    Avatar: sub-incarnation of the major Hindu gods.

    Yeah, I know Avatar has its roots in Indian and Asian culture. I was just pointing out that you can't interchange the two terms.
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    tomtitan

    [20]May 11, 2008
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    khalid13 wrote:
    Maria93 wrote:
    Avatar is inspired in Asian culture and India is in Asia


    Correction: Avatar is inspired by Buddhist and Hindu (but mainly Buddhist) culture. Saudi Arabia is also in Asia. So are Turkey and Russia.

    ---

    But on another note, for people who live as far South as the Pole, have you noticed how dark Sokka and Katara's skins are? They have quite a North Indian/Arab skin colour. Toph, from a warmer climate, is fairer than both of them.
    Probably because the waterbenders originated from tropical areas. Swampbenders, for example.

    Pure speculation, BTW.
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