Great news from the East West Players and new ways to support the cause!

[aang_aint_white]

Following the Media Action Network for Asian Americans' public announcement of their concern regarding The Last Airbender's casting -- which we spoke of in our previous post and encourage you to check out if you have not already -- we have more big news for you today!

As some of you may have heard, the East West Players -- an organization that

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[xneoninja]

I read about this last night at like 2 A.M. It was definitely something to get you pumped up and anxious all night. I had no sleep really. But to be frank GO EAST WEST PLAYERS!

Regardless of the optimism though, we can't take a break because these organizations have stepped up and have more power than us. Ultimately we need to do what we do best, spread the word, write letters, hand out flyers, protest and continue to branch out. This is the time to really show what we're made of and fight the good fight.

[chaobunny]

This is unbelievably awesome! EWP is a pretty prominent organization so I really hope Paramount listens. And EWP is even more involved with Avatar, which definately helps.

[opal_skies]

This makes me so, so happy. What a huge step to have such big organizations supporting the cause. This only makes me more excited to fight for this with a vengeance.

[tryxkittie]

YUSS!

Now I'm really, really pumped and I want to know, what's the next step for us?

PS I just read EWP's letter

[tryxkittie]

brb crying.

[xneoninja]

I think we just gotta keep doing what were doing: Continue to spread awareness on this issue and get our newspapers involved. Also keep sending letters, each one will just strengthen our argument.