Citations:racebending

Noun: "the act of playing the role of, or casting someone in the role of, a character of a different race or ethnicity"

 * 2013, Lee Jian Yun, "Asian Americans on the Rise: How YouTube Changed the Game", The Monash Gazette (Monash Ununiversity), Issue #2 2013, page 71:
 * Hilarity ensues as the director tries to justify his decision with famous racebending examples from Hollywood (The faux slit-eyes in Cloud Atlas, anyone?).
 * 2014, Zhana Johnnson, "Bend It Like Jordan", The Xavierite (Saint Xavier University), Volume 83, Number 17, 26 February 2014, page 9:
 * Not only did the producers cast actors in their late twenties but also had the audacity to assign Michael B. Jordan (Fruitside Station, That Awkward Moment) to the role of the Human Torch/Johnny Storm.
 * What has happened here is a wonderful example of racebending.
 * 2015, William Hart, "Racebending: Race, Adaptation and the Films I, Robot and I Am Legend", in The Fantastic Made Visible: Essays on the Adaptation of Science Fiction and Fantasy from Page to Screen (eds. Matthew Wilhelm Kapell & Ace G. Pilkington), McFarland & Company (2015), ISBN 9781476619835, page 220:
 * Why do adapters racebend? What is the purpose of racebending? Surely one of the reasons is economical. Changes in the demographics of the viewing audience means that films need to have more diverse casts.
 * 2015, Kristen J. Warner, "ABC's Scandal and Black Women's Fandom", in Cupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn: Feminized Popular Culture in the Early Twenty-First Century (ed. Elana Levine), University of Illinois (2015), ISBN 9780252097669, page 39:
 * As an example of racebending on a different level from that of fandom but which still utilizes a similar approach, in 2005, Denzel Washington portrayed Julius Caesar in a revival of Shakespeare's play.
 * 2015, Adolfo Aranjuez, "Power from a Different Perspective: Race, Gender and Grief in Big Hero 6", Screen Education, Number 79, Spring 2015, page 11:
 * The pervasive downplaying of Asian talent is evident in cases of 'racebending', too: the term was coined after fans were disappointed with the casting for The Last Airbender (M Night Shyamalan, 2010),
 * As an example of racebending on a different level from that of fandom but which still utilizes a similar approach, in 2005, Denzel Washington portrayed Julius Caesar in a revival of Shakespeare's play.
 * 2015, Adolfo Aranjuez, "Power from a Different Perspective: Race, Gender and Grief in Big Hero 6", Screen Education, Number 79, Spring 2015, page 11:
 * The pervasive downplaying of Asian talent is evident in cases of 'racebending', too: the term was coined after fans were disappointed with the casting for The Last Airbender (M Night Shyamalan, 2010),