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Creideiki

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42. It's all about privilege

Reply to Obamacare (Original post)

Tue Mar 27, 2012, 11:18 PM

Mar 2012

How dare they cast young people of color in roles that should have gone to young white people?

The entire country could do worse than to have to start considering the privileges that they have come to expect as theirs. In this case, it's race privilege.

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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