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honorh ([info]honorh) wrote in [info]unfunny_fandom,
@ 2012-03-08 21:50:00


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NEWS FLASH: In the future, we may not all be white!
The cast for the movie of The Hunger Games has been known for a while, but a certain segment of the fandom is having a hard time coming to terms with something about it: Namely, that Rue and Thresh, both described in the book as dark-skinned, will be played by African-American actors. Worse, so will Cinna, whose ethnicity isn't mentioned, and therefore must be white.

Hunger Games Tweets has been keeping its eye on some of the worse elements. Warning: Some extremely vile, racist language. Did you know that sweet, innocent girls must always be pale and fair-haired? And gay men can't be black? I'm telling you, it's an education.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I must go vomit.


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[info]rosehiptea
2012-03-10 05:24 am UTC (link)
I have to admit I didn't take any of it as meaning Katniss wasn't white either, though I'll certainly admit that was my own prejudices too. Also just reading quickly and not aborbing things, maybe.

But Rue, that's just ridiculous. Just because they don't have the same terms for race in the Hunger Games universe doesn't mean that Rue was white; that doesn't even make any damn sense. The book is really clear on Rue and her family.

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