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obamanut2012

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34. The casting was very good, especially Rue

Tue Mar 27, 2012, 04:41 PM

Mar 2012

She was exactly how I pictured her when I read the book. There is NO way not to know her character is Black, unless you just skimmed the book. I also saw Cinna as biracial, because of his eyeliner and his name, so the casting of Kravitz was very good.

I would say more, but I don't want to post spoilers. I wish we had hidden spoiler tags!

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Racist 'Hunger Games' Fans disappointed that Black Characters are casted with Black Actors [View all] Obamacare Mar 2012 OP

kick Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #1

:-( nt stevenleser Mar 2012 #2

Sad and disturbing, redqueen Mar 2012 #3

Racists and poor readers....Thresh and Rue are clearly black in the books and the girl Bluenorthwest Mar 2012 #4

Yep. I remember thinking "perfect choices" when I first saw the casting. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2012 #5

Not so. The author didn't describe the characters as having "black" skin, she said they were onenote Mar 2012 #16

The young girl who played Rue in the film was perfect in the role and avebury Mar 2012 #33

In my opinion, they deserve their unhappiness for being dumb. nt ZombieHorde Mar 2012 #6

+1000 CakeGrrl Mar 2012 #7

lol Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #9

exactly... Javaman Mar 2012 #13

This. Starry Messenger Mar 2012 #18

wow. Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #8

Gee my main character is black. nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #10

the racists twitters featured in the article have been pulling their twitter pages. too late. Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #11

daaaamn RitchieRich Mar 2012 #30

Who said to go after them? obamanut2012 Mar 2012 #36

Tell them to go see The Last Airbender. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #12

Sadly, all I can say is "Big deal" ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2012 #14

sf chronicle comments, everywhere. Any crime - they rush to the web, hoping the criminal is black Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #15

They are going nuts over there DocMac Mar 2012 #25

I hate sharing a world with such dumb people. Lilyeye Mar 2012 #17

Lenny Kravitz is a white man, just like Barack Obama LynneSin Mar 2012 #19

these are the same ones who thought the book supported a Conservative View of Govt ? JI7 Mar 2012 #20

What little lives and minds ohheckyeah Mar 2012 #21

I just finished reading the CRK7376 Mar 2012 #32

Very cool event at the school! obamanut2012 Mar 2012 #37

Completely Stupid-Not Fans erpowers Mar 2012 #22

Poor reading comprehension...that, or denial. NYC Liberal Mar 2012 #24

Most of these idiots didn't bother to read the damn book!!smh Obamacare Mar 2012 #23

This is really disturbing Marrah_G Mar 2012 #26

Very, very disturbing. Excellent blog. n/t K Gardner Mar 2012 #27

If this sort of thing really disturbs these folks so much that they must post such hateful crap mlevans Mar 2012 #28

I wonder how many of these dopes complaining about skin color realize the harun Mar 2012 #29

"casted" is not a word. ananda Mar 2012 #31

Really? Obamacare Mar 2012 #44

The casting was very good, especially Rue obamanut2012 Mar 2012 #34

I remember in high school we watched Brannagh's "Much Ado About Nothing" Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #35

From pure acting ability... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2012 #39

Is it just because I'm noticing it or is there a swelling of racism in the country? Kablooie Mar 2012 #38

I don't think it is swellling... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2012 #40

It keeps going. . . fightforfreedom123 Mar 2012 #41

It's all about privilege Creideiki Mar 2012 #42

"Casted" ? Grammar check please ! geeze people :( Ariuszme1 Mar 2012 #43