Avatar: The Last Airbender: The ethnicity / race of the characters

nyfan
[1]Dec 13, 2006
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What ethnicity or race are the characters on the show? Are they all Asian?
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charleebrown
[2]Dec 13, 2006
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This is a question right? So ask in the 'Ask a Question Get an Answer Thread', no offence intended.
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Nalesnik
[3]Dec 13, 2006
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all of them seem Asian, except the water tribe. They seem to be more Native American. Or more specifically "eskimos" I don't know the proper word for it.
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UGamer08
[4]Dec 13, 2006
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Nalesnik wrote:

all of them seem Asian, except the water tribe. They seem to be more Native American. Or more specifically "eskimos" I don't know the proper word for it.

"Inuit" dude. "That's what they call eskimos now. Can you believe?" Yeah that guys not funny.
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Nalesnik

[5]Dec 13, 2006

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UGamer08 wrote:

Nalesnik wrote:

all of them seem Asian, except the water tribe. They seem to be more Native American. Or more specifically "eskimos" I don't know the proper word for it.

"Inuit" dude. "That's what they call eskimos now. Can you believe?" Yeah that guys not funny.

Hey, hey, hey, I wasn't trying to be offensive or funny. I did called them Native American. I didn't know the specific word for those that live in the colder region. "Eskimo" is all I could come up with.

Sorry if I offended anyone, that was not my intention.

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silverchrono
[6]Dec 13, 2006
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water tribe seems to be inuit or eskimo

earth kingdom seems more chinese but there are part that seems to me more japanese

kyoshi no question japanese

fire nation......hard to say..........seem chinese and japanese at the same time.
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silverchrono
[7]Dec 13, 2006
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and ya ...the air nomads seems be be more tibetan buddist
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UGamer08

[8]Dec 13, 2006

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Nalesnik wrote:

UGamer08 wrote:

Nalesnik wrote:

all of them seem Asian, except the water tribe. They seem to be more Native American. Or more specifically "eskimos" I don't know the proper word for it.

"Inuit" dude. "That's what they call eskimos now. Can you believe?" Yeah that guys not funny.

Hey, hey, hey, I wasn't trying to be offensive or funny. I did called them Native American. I didn't know the specific word for those that live in the colder region. "Eskimo" is all I could come up with. Sorry if I offended anyone, that was not my intention.

No no. I was referring (hence the quotations) to that dude (hell if I know his name), I think he's a talkshow host or comedian or somethin,??he's come??right??after Madtv.??Anyway he had a little skit that basically made fun of a buncha??minorities. You'know the typical comedian who can't come up with new creative jokes on his own so he??just stick with the "you ever notice how?" race jokes? Anyway the water tribes guys??aren't influenced by Native Americans, its Inuit (more commonly known as Eskimo).

Edited on 12/13/2006 10:17pm

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DrAvatar
[9]Dec 13, 2006
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I'd say the fire nation is Japanese because of their military strength and the importance of honor in their society.
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silverchrono
[10]Dec 13, 2006
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ya the fire nation seems to be japanese but many of their clothing is more chinese.
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LordMordor
[11]Dec 13, 2006
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water - inuit/eskimo (this is obvious enough)
air - close to the monks of tibet
fire - mix of chinese and japanese
earth - due to the size of the EK and that it seems to be a relatively decentralized society they seem to have the most variety. some seem more chinese, some more japanese, some korean (look at song). the EK seems to be the melting pot of avatar world cultures
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nyfan
[12]Dec 14, 2006
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You have to displace reality for a moment, as these are played by mostly american actors.
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confucioussayhi

[13]Dec 14, 2006

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Nalesnik wrote:

UGamer08 wrote:

Nalesnik wrote:

all of them seem Asian, except the water tribe. They seem to be more Native American. Or more specifically "eskimos" I don't know the proper word for it.

"Inuit" dude. "That's what they call eskimos now. Can you believe?" Yeah that guys not funny.

You sound like me. Sorry!

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mblizzow
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displacing a lil bit isnt necessary. displacing a lot is more like it. the creators naturally had to adjust the everything in order to draw american audiences. it is an americanized asia point of view. except for the water tribes, they are eskimos.
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Miroku_of_Nite1
[15]Dec 14, 2006
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Earth Kingdom is a Chinese Korean kind of civilization.
Water Tribes is a Inuit based civilization.
Air Nomads is a Tibetan based civilization.
Fire Nation is a Japanese based civilization.
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UGamer08
[16]Dec 14, 2006
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Yeah, basically to sum it up, due to being a fictional fantasy show, none of the races are real aside from what's presented (i.e. Katara's race would be Souther Water Tribe). However, they are based on actual races. Here's another nice little list for ya-

Earth Kingdom- Chinese (locations and structures), Korean (certain clothing), Japan (emperor idolizing).
Water Tribes- Inuit (or Eskimo, whichever way you flip the pancake).
Air Nomads- Tibetan and Shaolin monks.
Fire Nation- ancient Chinese Japanese (architecture, clothing and hairstyles; ie wearing white to funerals).

Then to go an extra distance-
Sandbender-Bedouins
Music Nomads- American hippies (loved those guys)
Foggy Swamp Tribe members- US southerners. Laid it on a bit thick there but I still liked em. And there ya have it.
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tico1125
[17]Dec 14, 2006
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Actually PrimoNation mentions this in the thread called, "Jeong Jeong"?? The link is below. http://www.tv.com/avatar-the-last-airbender/show/28841/jeong-jeong-speculation/topic/13281-553875/msgs.html?tag=board_topics;title;15

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