The Film Avatar Is Offensive to the Maasai?

Blogs and newspapers this month have been buzzing about the box office hit "Avatar," but some questions it's racial undertones. In the movie it is a typical struggle over land between an indigenous tribe and white men. The critics have said the film was offensive to the Maasai people because the indigenous population wore jewelry and hair styled after the Maasai tribe of Eastern Africa." "Avatar" has a nauseatingly patronizing racist subtext, says Will Heaven at the Daily Telegraph." I have not seen the film yet, but I am intrigued by this link to todays box office.