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Racist Hunger Games Fans Are Very Disappointed
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I'm torn... on the one hand it kind of sucks that with the internet I'm exposed to the racist bullshit of an entire planet of idiots, but on the other hand these dumb asses are getting exposed and marked for their bullshit.
Although Maggie Mcdonnell's tweets seem to have taken an interesting turn...
Who is Maggie Mcdonnell?
I liked the Denzel Washington one though.
les papillons sexuels
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wow... to be completely honest I find this quite racist.
IMO there's nothing more racist then to say that only one group of people have to be typecasted into a film, or role, then to say that middle eastern or italian people aren't allow to play "brown" roles is just as racist as saying that all "black" roles have to be played by etheopians. Or all asian roles have to be filled with people from china.
I get that you're upset about people being upset about having a black person being portrayed in a book when they clearly didn't figure that was what the character would look like, but in all honesty, people would've probably been upset if a ginger was cast instead, or someone asian. Stop taking this shit so personally. People will probably be upset when in the walking dead next season too when macchone is revealed.
People are stupid, there's no need to get sickened by it.
And there's especially no need to make claims that "white people can't play brown roles" like you just did.
Forceatowulf
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Oh please, you're full of shit if you think these scumbags would have been equally, or even near as upset if they had cast a white ginger in that role. Get the fuck out of here.
And stop taking it personally? So people are supposed to just ignore this type of behavior? A lot of those comments are straight up outrageous and the people who made them should be called out and ostracized for them. Period.
les papillons sexuels
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yeah they would. It's the internet, people are dicks and assholes on the internet. If something isn't exactly like they thought it'd be they'd complain. People will hate on anything, and I'm guessing if a white person was cast we'd see just as many tweets about the role not being filled by a black guy/girl, and people defending the choice because the author clearly meant their "dark brown" hair colour.
There were gay people complaining that Sean Penn was cast as harvey milk even though he wasn't gay. You give people to much credit.
Devolution
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Whitewashing is a long historic issue within Hollywood. I'd suggest actually reading up on these issues rather than making false equivalencies.
les papillons sexuels
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yea, i know but hollywood has a history of whitewashing all roles not just "black" ones.
Derailing what? what exactly has been or is being derailed here? in this instance? Noone is obligated to respond here.
It's a generic, patronizing, bullshit accusation meant to derail the actual discussion.
Devolution
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Okay and?
It's only successful when you're actually responding to it, even with pithy little comebacks like links to some e-source so, congrats.
Do you feel obligated to reply to all these posts?
les papillons sexuels
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and what?
Devolution
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What's your point in bringing that up?
les papillons sexuels
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nothing, my point was in response to thequote. That claiming "brown" shouldn't be played by a white person is just as bad as whitewashing. He made it a "black" issue, not a race issue and i take offense to that.
edit: moreso then it was a "black" race issue then a discriminatory issue. Why can't a dark skinned indian/middle easter/italian/asian person play this role?
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_twzulFt36...IU/LNrbGQ8QXdA/s1600/indian-man-texting-m.jpg
his post is just as discriminatory.
Mutanthands
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Times like these, I fear for my little Blasian daughters. How will I explain these sort of attitudes to them? That they need to be careful who they trust, because these attitudes may lie below the surface? That everything is not ok, like on Sesame Street?
When will they have their heart broken by someone throwing this crap in their face?
People hating on a little girl, that looks a lot like my little girl, and the one on the way. It's sobering.
Don't even get me started on visiting Japan when they are older. The grands love them, but...worse than the US.
When will they have their heart broken by someone throwing this crap in their face?
People hating on a little girl, that looks a lot like my little girl, and the one on the way. It's sobering.
Don't even get me started on visiting Japan when they are older. The grands love them, but...worse than the US.
HP_Wuvcraft
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The fact that this shit happens at all in today's day and age is sad as fuck.
are you asian? or black?
Devolution
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Uh maybe you should read some of the posts that got some people banned before you take his post out of context. Also "made it a black issue not a race issue", what? Kind of the context here.
les papillons sexuels
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sorry i made an edit to more clearly define what issue i had.
Again, i dont feel that this issue is that the person was cast black (for some it clearly was, the comments saying they didn't care as much about the death for example, these are disgusting things to say), but that given the context of movies in general, there are always complaints when roles are given. There are people who complain when an actor they dislike is cast in a role from a book they love, and i feel that to say all these comments are only because of race is not a fair comment. People complain when a ginger gets cast in a specific role, or asians, or indians, or when openly gay actors get casted in straight roles. To say this is a black issue like he implies is as counter productive as the issue of whitewashing.
Devolution
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Book description:
So a girl was cast as such. This girl was black. She fits the description. Your logic about characters being changed doesn't even apply to this one since she fits the bill. But because she wasn't a tan white girl, people were upset. It definitely is a racial issue. Look at those tweets.
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I really don't know what black people have done to warrant such vile hatred of their skin color.
I just don't get it at all.
I just don't get it at all.
soundscream
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First the post you were responding to wasn't about the role had to be black, but complaining that people had an issue with it, despite how the author described the characters as dark brown. Don't know where you read in the post that it was being made into a black issue.
Second the issue of this thread is that people were complaining that there were black people cast in the roles. For you to say that isn't the main issue in this case is ridiculous.
Mutanthands
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I'm black, my wife is Japanese, and we live in Cali. My daughter is 4, with another cooking at 32 weeks.
I always knew that we would need to have "the talk," I just don't like to be reminded of why.
Foxy Fox 39
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How does Japan act towards your relationship and your kids. Im seriously curious.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here, but I highly doubt there is a significant problem with Black or Asian actors stealing White character roles. Is "blackwashing" even a thing?
If you're going to compare the "black bitch" comment with somebody complaining about a ginger filling a role that a book described belonged to a fair skinned brunette, your world perspective is a bit skewed.
congratulations man. i want to say things will get better, but seeing how things are reverting, i dont even know.
im curious as well, if you dont mind.
They're good. Everybody loves blasians.
les papillons sexuels
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wow, my comment has nothing to do with the film, it has to do with the person I was commenting. If you see nothing wrong with this:
then i'm not going to bother discussing this with you.
agian, i was commenting to the person I quoted. not about the comments made in the tweets. I agree with what most have already said. The black bitch comment, the I felt less when x happened comments, etc are all really out of line. But so is saying that only black people are dark skinned which is what I got from his comment.
Explains my general need to avoid Twitter.
Devolution
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Good then don't since you're completely unaware what context in which he was writing that unless you happen to agree with the arguments 2th was presenting.
Foxy Fox 39
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I think that's sarcasm. edit: I read your original response. Now Im really confused.
Mutanthands
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Her family has been great so far, which has been a surprise. They dote on my daughter both here and when we visit Japan.
Lots of staring from strangers when we visit. No angry confrontations, but I think my in-laws have been mindful to keep me away from situations that might lead to trouble.
Foxy Fox 39
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That's awesome. Now I have another question if you don't mind...how did yall meet?
Im sorry whats wrong with that quote? He was commenting on the absurdity of assuming that a character described as having dark brown skin is white. It is absurd, there are no dark brown white people!
les papillons sexuels
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i've never seen 2ths comments, he didn't quote 2ths comments, i assumed his context was serious and so i took offense to it.
Mutanthands
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In L.A., when she was visiting. We exchanged e-mail addresses, which led to us visiting each other several times, and so on...
I know your people's game. Always stealing the hard to find White rolls in Hollywood. Blackwashing makes me sick.
Thunder Monkey
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There's really nothing to get.
If they tried to sum up why they hate they'd make just as much sense after as before. Hate is senseless.
Foxy Fox 39
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Not seeing a movie because some people don't like the race of an actor playing a fictional character, that you want to see, is a bad reason to not see it. You should watch the film and enjoy it to support, what I've read to be, a good movie.
There's nothing that says you canot Twitter pummel somebody and see a film.
People bitched when Denzel Washington was cast as Don Pedro in Kenneth Branagh's "Much Ado About Nothing"
les papillons sexuels
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no, that having dark brown skin = black.
afterall middle eastern people are white...
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