lightspeedsound:

1.  Toph is a member of the Bei Fong family. I hate to belabor the obvious here, but that’s NOT a white name, or a hispanic name. That is a Chinese name. Translation here.

2.  Now on to the good part.  This is Toph’s dad:   

…as you can see, he is obviously Asian.  You get that, right? That is just not a white person. I don’t care how pale his skin is. He’s an aristocratic man in a society that is modeled after ancient China/Japan/Korea.  Of course he’s pale skinned. 

3.  This is Toph’s mom: 

…again. She’s very asian.  VERY, VERY Asian. Do we need to go into how Asian she is? I hope not.

4. WHEN TWO ASIAN PEOPLE HAVE BABIES, THEIR BABIES END UP LOOKING ASIAN.  

5. I know, I know. Toph has light skin and dark hair! She could be white! EXCEPT: 

…she’s really fucking not.

Toph is really Asian.

I hope you understand.

AND THAT BEING SAID: 

THIS. 

IS 

NOT. ACCURATE.

THIS.

IS 

MOTHERFUCKING

RACIST. AS. FUCK. 

…why you might ask?

…because YOU TURNED AN ASIAN GIRL WHITE.

BECAUSE DESPITE OBVIOUS CUES AND HINTS AND FACIAL FEATURES…

…YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS UNIMPORTANT.

…Boom. Racist. 

/thus endeth the lesson for today.