The story
From race + bending, following the pattern of genderbending. Popularized, and likely influenced in form by, fan reaction to racebending in the casting of the 2010 film The Last Airbender (film).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
racebending
Today it means: The act of playing the role of, or casting someone in the role of, a character of different race or ethnicity. Full definition →