Devolution
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Racist Hunger Games Fans Are Very Disappointed
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India. Asians.
voodoojohn
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I'm a pretty stoic guy and I chocked up bad when Rue died. Granted, I never read the book and came in with no expectations for the characters, but these people can seriously go fuck off. I'm glad the world that's emerging is a place where dipshits like this will struggle to survive and will be licking the boots of their intellectual superiors
les papillons sexuels
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3371/3497600338_2112e60499.jpg
hence why i take offense to his comment. There are many different coloured people on this earth, regardless of where you live.
Mutanthands
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It's classic othering. Have poor self esteem? Lift yourself up by objectifying and belittling the other. The other is different. What is the most noticeable difference? Three guesses.
Stereotypical example: when my father gave me "the talk," he described the white people of his time and place (the South in the fifties) saying " we may be poor white trash, but at least we aint black! "
Thats not what he said though. He didnt claim that dark brown skin means you're black, just that it means you're not white. Thats 100% true.
Devolution
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Okay. And the reason he mentioned black was because the actress is black. Do you think the tweets by these people are upset that they didn't find a middle eastern or asian type brown to fill the role? Also what masud said, he didn't even mention black, you did. Huh.
les papillons sexuels
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no, he mentioned italians and middle eastern people can't have dark brown skin. I'm saying sure they can, hence i take offense, there are many people with dark brown skin. Their nationality or where they live is irrelevant.
Herpes Reasons
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I blame the author on this one. Dark skinned can be anything from African black to southern Asians, Indians, and Pacific islander.
Should've gone with negro if he intended the character to be black.
Just to be specific.
Should've gone with negro if he intended the character to be black.
Just to be specific.
No they cant, are you color blind?
les papillons sexuels
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i guess so, or at least more colour blind then you it would seem.
Yeeeepppppp.
I can't actually say overtly racist stuff on the forum, so I'll just play devil's advocate troll on every single thread I see remotely having to do with racism.
Thunder Monkey
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For being raised in Kansas I never really noticed race. I mean I could see that people had different shades, but one of those shades came in the form of a whole string of my cousins Caucasian/Latino mix, another string of cousins Caucasian/Black mix, an adopted cousin of Thai descent, my adopted niece Ty again black. Hell my lineage is filled with Cheyenne and Sioux.
People are people. We come in lots of shades, but not a damn one of them is better than the other. All of that in my bloodline and I'm damn near albino. Fucking genetics how do they work?
Herpes Reasons
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Wait what? Italians can't have dark skin?
Thunder Monkey
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Caucasian is a funny word.
Can't stop myself from saying it. I tend to emphasize the first portion of the word though.
Can't stop myself from saying it. I tend to emphasize the first portion of the word though.
Devolution
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I'm stealing "proper black" from you Dave.
They can have dark skin sure. But dark brown skin? Meaning their skin is the color dark brown? No. The black girl they cast doesnt even have dark brown skin.
Thunder Monkey
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According to the racist handbook my great grandfather had it has to be described as ebony.
Gotta love Brits.
les papillons sexuels
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wow, i really did derail this conversation.
I'm completely sorry, to put things back on track I agree that most of the comments are out of line.
I'm completely sorry, to put things back on track I agree that most of the comments are out of line.
Herpes Reasons
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Some Italians still have Arab skin. Meaning its that dark brown pigment. Albeit, not common anymore.
hell, my Italian neighbor is an Italian immigrant. Dude had that dark brown skin pigmentation.
"Dat big black beautiful body" shouldve been rue's description.
HP_Wuvcraft
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You just solved racism.
Thunder Monkey
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I'm not sure how to exclaim it, but you got me giggling fiercely. Not terrible comfortable with that describing a kid myself, but hey I try not to judge.
Hey he tried mother fucker!
Shit is hard work.
Yeah, no worries
It's useful for warning people that a fictional character may not share the same levels of melanin that they do. Avoids that crushing disappointment, y'know?The best I've heard is "why did they pick a black guy to play Blade?". Um.......
Oh, of course!
Gotta dig that handbook back out and brush up on my terms.
Herpes Reasons
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Wait, I think my neighbor had his pigment closer to olive than Afro Arab black.
Fuck me, I'm racist.
Fuck me, I'm racist.
Thunder Monkey
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You must repent by denying three white women.
No most Arabs are light brown at best. Bynum is brown. Dark brown is darker than that.
Thunder Monkey
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Or one white woman three times.
I can never remember how it works.
I can never remember how it works.
les papillons sexuels
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Herpes Reasons
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Define white women?
Thunder Monkey
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When they go out into the sun it reflects back and causes eyesight damage.
Devolution
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I love you Yahoo, because of this thread I found a hilarious question. Had to share:
Shit really? If they question why he wasnt british, thats one thing, but not black?
les papillons sexuels
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oh shit, I've been calling those snowmen all these years.
I love you Yahoo, because of this thread I found a hilarious question. Had to share:
This is my favourite yahoo question since the Russian tanks in Georgia thing.
Thunder Monkey
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People.
You have to love them because if you stop and listen to them you might just kill yourself.
Herpes Reasons
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Nearly half of the Arab world is on the African continent.
What's your definition of light brown?
Rick fox?
Yes Rick Fox is light brown. I myself am light brown. So when I hear the term 'dark brown' used to describe someone I expect them to be darker than me. Ive never met an Italian darker than me.
First google image result for dark brown.
Yup. I wasn't being trolled either, the guy had no idea the comics existed and just thought Blade was too badass to be black. How does that even make sense?
I miss him in a 'stupid things your co-workers say' kinda way.
les papillons sexuels
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it'll hapen again when they reveal Michonne in the walking dead, especially after how they introduced her.
I can't wait to see the comments.
-Plasma Reus-
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Indians. These are Indians. India is not the middle-east.
Middle-easterners, just like all other people come in all shades of colors. I once knew a Syrian with red hair and blue eyes.
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People always surprise me in that regard.
I mean, have a look:
These are both brown skinned children. Although, according to the logic applied here by some people, one of these groups is not brown, and should be classified as black, just black. But what makes one group of these children black, and makes the other brown? I'll tell you, arbitrary classifications with no merit, forged centuries ago to empower the agenda of colonialists.
Unless you checked the source urls, you wouldn't automatically know which photo is that of a group of African children, and which one is that of Indian children.
This is what the world is like, people of all continents come in different shades/features. Why can't we celebrate it?
I mean, have a look:
These are both brown skinned children. Although, according to the logic applied here by some people, one of these groups is not brown, and should be classified as black, just black. But what makes one group of these children black, and makes the other brown? I'll tell you, arbitrary classifications with no merit, forged centuries ago to empower the agenda of colonialists.
Unless you checked the source urls, you wouldn't automatically know which photo is that of a group of African children, and which one is that of Indian children.
This is what the world is like, people of all continents come in different shades/features. Why can't we celebrate it?
Yeah, no worries
Indian eyebrows are a dead giveaway.
Sixfortyfive
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Remember that OT thread from not too long ago where we discovered that we had a handful of Stormfront members among us copy/pasting arguments between that site and this one?
After skimming this thread, I wouldn't be surprised if they were in here too.
I read the book before the film and knew both of those characters were black. The tributes are drawn from all across Panem which is made up of what is today North America (mostly the USA)... of course there are going to be people of many different ethnic backgrounds... I think it's sad that people feel they have to espouse this kind of thing over Twitter.
Truth is though, you can build a controversy like this by sifting through tweets very easily. There's plenty of controversy to be had on an infinite number of topics by a savvy blogger or a reporter looking for a story that's sure to spark outrage and a lot of hits for their site.
Truth is though, you can build a controversy like this by sifting through tweets very easily. There's plenty of controversy to be had on an infinite number of topics by a savvy blogger or a reporter looking for a story that's sure to spark outrage and a lot of hits for their site.
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