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[eltopo]

I was offended by lenny kravitz's golden eyeliner

[rdrsfn82]

Yes. Apparently, it's confusing to people that Rue, being a quiet shy girl, reminded Katniss of her sister even though she wasn't white and blonde.

[Timbales]

I was offended by lenny kravitz's golden eyeliner

I wish I could pull that look off.

[eltopo]

I wish I could pull that look off.

I think you could

[bkthomson]

Stupid. What does it matter also the book was clear she was black.

[misac]

Wow, that's crazy!

[mrorangesoda]

Wait, so people were upset that black characters from the book were black in the movie because they were dumb and pretended they weren't black in the books?

I don't understand.

A character in the book made them cry and their brains can't handle crying about a black person on a screen.

[eltopo]

A character in the book made them cry and their brains can't handle crying about a black person on a screen.

and really who could blame them
amiright?

[eltopo]

Stupid. What does it matter also the book was clear she was black.

a quote from the book

"yo dis hunger gamez is whack yo"

I think you have a point

[Jack Burton]

How could you not know Thresh or Rue was black? Did they just read the Cliff Notes?

[eltopo]

How could you not know Thresh or Rue was black? Did they just read the Cliff Notes?

well it's probably like any other huge cultural phenomenon book you have 75% of people who read the book, 15% who didn't but claim they did and 10% who said they read but just read the wiki page

[Psivage]

I talked to my nephew about this is is 9ish and even he understood what color they were.

[GHERU]

I never notice what people are supposed to look like in books
my mental image is rarely correct

I pictured Rue as a seven foot tall eskimo

[Strict31]

I can empathize. After all, I was pissed off to discover in Return of the Jedi that Darth Vader was some old whitey.

#What'sANubian

[Cat-Scratch]

So what colour are they? And also, are then Jewish?