Racism has evolved greatly in the past 50 years and actions against it need to adapt to the changing environment...

This isn't a moral argument. It is a pragmatic one.

I can see your point Ibs, about not including any asian actors, but I really think Whedon is the very least of it. Less racism and more carelessness.

Honestly don't know where the 'yellow skin' thing is coming from. Certainly not looking at that picture.



And I absolutely don't think the misogyny tag fits.

In a world where China is the dominant force, would the US be full of Chinese? How about Europe? I think not, I think it would be mostly non-Asians with Chinese drapings.

But we're talking about a show where the Chinese led the way in space colonization and would be much more visible than they are actually shown to be.

I believe the backstory is that the US and China both sent colony ships to the Firefly star system, and settled different core worlds. On the Chinese worlds, they probably speak Chinese, and curse in English*. A certain amount of self-segregation is expected, given human history, but I would have expected more intermingling, especially on the fringe worlds settled long after the initial colony ships were a factor.

*This would be fun if Firefly were resurrected on a pay cable channel.