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"Avatar 2" Called Out For Cultural Appropriations

Some “Avatar” critics are accusing film director James Cameron of cultural appropriation. The “Avatar 2: The Way of Water” director is accused of stealing themes, history and imagery from Native American and Indigenous cultures for his latest movie. The sequel to “Avatar” is about colonizers who attempt to take the land of native people. In Cameron’s version, humans have been forced off Earth due to its dwindling resources. Much like the first movie, the flick boasts a predominately all-white cast playing the fictional Na’vi aliens minus Zoe Saldaña, a Black Latina actress, and Cliff Curtis, who is of Maori descent. Native American influencer Yuè Begay is speaking out against the film. “Do NOT watch Avatar: The Way of Water,” tweeted Begay, who is also the co-chair of Indigenous Pride L.A. “Join Natives & other Indigenous groups around the world in boycotting this horrible & racist film.” Bengay also said that Indigenous “cultures were appropriated in a harmful manner” to satisfy a white man’s “savior complex.”

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