I'm Offended. Racist Movie Images

Image via WikipediaNow, I realize that the issue is nothing new, racist images are presented in the movies all the time.

Right now, I'm watching the movie, 21. Now, with all the movies on the market and the many previews floating around, I can barely remember what any movie is about, based on the name. So, I sit down to watch it, and I realize that the movie is based on a book I just read, Bringing Down the House, about MIT kids formed into a blackjack team that made a lot of money off Vegas.

However, the book makes it really clear that the team, while not excluding white kids, was mostly composed of Asian and Indian American kids, including the main character. However, in the movie, most of the team is white, including the main character, with one Asian male and one Asian female.

WTF?!?!?

Were they too afraid to alienate the audience by using an Asian-American kid as the main character? And what does that mean? Why is it that it's okay to force everyone in America to identify with a rich, smart, white kid at MIT, but you can't allow people to identify with an Asian American MIT student? It's very clear to me that a character decision was made. What a disappointment.