Talk:Air Nomad Genocide/@comment-5220483-20120817200554/@comment-12.175.230.36-20120903200539

I wouldn't call what happened to the benders in Korra a genocide. More like a severe assimilation. Almost like Native Americans in the States. America didn't necessarily kill every Native American, but they wiped out their culture and made them adhere to white society. In a way, I suppose it could be considered a form of societial genocide - you know, wiping out bending. Though the concept of genocide does, in fact, seem to be a very popular idea in Avatar. Particularly gruesome, especially for a Nickelodean show. I admire the creators for being so risk-taking and gung ho with plot ideas. Shows progression against always being as politically correct as possible. It brings to light the negative parts of the world, because not everything is rainbows and daisies and happiness.