Racist Hunger Games Fans

I guess I'm a racist if I prefer Scandinavian and East Asian women over Latina and African women, right?

Like Maxiart said, it's a matter of preference. Some people don't like East Asians and others don't like Hispanics. I got the feeling that you're exaggerating or trying to start something. I got friends of different nationalities, so I don't see how I'm a racist at all when it comes to preference in women.

I knew someone who HATES all sort of blonde women (skin included), just because, but he really loves brunettes to no end. Gives no reason at all, he just does.

The worst part is the actress who played Rue was excellent, she was everything the book the described her as. She was small, sweet and looked as innocent as an angel. You will enjoy her performance.




The problem is that the this shouldn't be the case. It's one thing if she got her feelings hurt but those fans didn't even give her performance the time of day because she was black and therefore ruined the movie. I even had a friend who told me that when she saw that Rue was black she was kinda upset since they didn't say it in the book which they clearly did. No one should be treated or looked at differently because they are of a different race.

I have a question for you Maxiart. Which did you prefer, the Katara and Sokka from the animated series of Avatar the last airbender or the actors from the movie?

Is thinking that inherently wrong? I can see why some would think it is racism, but to me, it really is not. No one likes everything equally. Just because you prefer something more than another thing doesn't (necessarily) mean you hate the second thing.




No, not really. But I can understand why someone would think/say that.



The one in the animated series, but there is a complex reason for that. Her looks are part of it, but not the sole reason.

I think its worth noting that unless the internet is lying to me Rue is described as dark skinned in the books...so that makes the opposition to the actress even more mind boggling. I mean, what do people think dark-skinned means?

Anyways, except in cases where a characters race is important to there back story/plot i don't think race should be a concern or issue. Just get the best actor/actress for the role, regardless of race

just because i disagree with you doesn't mean i agree with your oponent. i merely interjected on the fallacy of your statement. i only quoted the last line of your post because that was the only portion i had anything to say about.

It's stuff like this that really grits me. People tend to assume that the characters they're reading about are the race they are. I first noticed this when I was a little-ish kid, and I had an argument with a black friend over the skin color of Lief from Deltora Quest. He eventually caved when I proved to him that Lief's name is the Dutch word for "sweet," and also unrelated to any dark-skinned region of the world.

There is also the exemplar of the hour: Jesus. Black Jesus, White Jesus, Yiddish Jesus, Tall&Purple Jesus, etc.

People aren't stupid for assuming that a character is of a certain race because they are that race. However, people are extremely stupid when they whitewash films or criticize films for having black people in them, as in the article cited by OP.

I didn't say you 'hate' the other thing, I said that you think less of them in opposition to someone else. And your reason is solely off of their looks, and your personal subjective judgement of them.

Can you tell me how that's not racism?

actually, this wasn't racism as much as it was marketing. they screened the movie to an urban crowd - that's urban as in black - and the audience hated the ending so the movie executives decided to change to ending to cater to their audience.

Excuse me for poking my head in, not the best expert in race:(Mixed, like hurricane)
Isn't racism when one makes unfounded expectations, based on somebody's race?

As a result, claiming that a dark skinned actress could not fulfil the role as well as a light one would be inherently racist. Light>Dark, in this instance.

However, I wouldn't equate sexual preference with racism. Finding, in my case, the extremes in skin tone (dark/pale) more attractive than medium shades has nothing to do with how I expect a woman to behave. BUT, saying that somebody likes red haired women, because they have strong personalities, would be racist. (Red hair=flaming bitch, in this instance)

What we're really examining is loyalty to the artist's intent (dark, young girl) vs. effective marketing. I applaud the producers in their honesty, and hope that they continue such small favours.

Oh, and the "fans" believing that a black girl couldn't portray their black character as well is racist. (Black=/=good performance)

Because its called taste, and liking different things. Just like some people like blonds, and other people like sexy black hair. If having a different taste in women is being racist, I'm the biggest racist in the world.

That being said, its not that I think black women are not intelligent/beautiful/charming. I've met and am friends with many who are just that. But when it comes to it, there is just 'something' that attracts me in white women way more.

so now i can't even prefer one type of woman over another without being called a racist by some overly pc, butt hurt dude? next thing i know, i'll be called a bigot because i prefer brunettes.

you're allowed to have preferences, it's not racism, it's personal taste. just because i like asian chicks more than white chicks doesn't mean i hate or think that white chicks are inferior, it just means i get a quicker, stiffer boner from asian chicks because i like them more.

ot: i don't really have anything to contribute as i dislike hunger games because it seems like nothing more than a pussy version of battle royale.

I dont know of Hunger Games the first I heard of it was watching a trailer of it in the cinema and the ooohs and aaahs from my friends and the inevitable "Its like Battle Royale" thing.

I dont really care for it TBH and I care even less if some colored actor/actress got a role... If the author of the book specifies 'dark skin' then thats what the characters should get. (No great shocker)

I do think that if a story specifies a certain race/nationality/sex ETC then the person in charge of casting should hire people as close to that specification, It makes sense to do it that way.

An American Akira... Lulz!

No...because hair color can be freely changed, helped, and isn't considered a differentiating factor even socially between different populations of people.



...So it's not racism to like one group over another because of their race. That's what you're saying. Well then...what's racism?

Edit: Someone is protecting my posts from being neg repped, I swear. Not complaining, just find it lulzworthy that every time I get a neg rep, a positive rep follows.

Just what are you trying to prove? Are we all being forced by your opinion to find appeal in all nationalities? How is it racist that I don't find appeal in black women? You're not giving a lot of information and pretty much accusing anyone who doesn't like another skin color a racist.

Your view is looking like McCarthyism.

i honestly can't tell if lundi is being perposely obtuse, or if he's actually that thick.

if it's the second case, might i recomend This.

I guess a man/woman who doesn't sleep with both men and women is a discriminating piece of shit as he/she is clearly treating the two groups different based on gender...

There are racists in this world, just like there are people who openly accept different races in their community.

Some might criticize one race while the other gives a good thumbs up.

Some people express their opinions on the hunger games and that shouldn't spark off a debate because opinions can be changed over time.

Some might not like it at first, but I can assure you many will change their minds later when watching this movie, and they will all think, "Gosh it is a film based off of a book, maybe I shouldn't have been so idiotic after all".

So it's just opinions, sure we sometimes rage about it why they make such a racist comment, but we can't do anything about it except express our opinions about it.

...considering we're genetically predisposed to it? And men and women aren't...different races? No...I don't think that counts as racism...

We aren't genetically predisposed to preferring one race over another sexually. From there I think environment plays a huge trend.

In any case, I think people are taking too much offense. IT IS racist to prefer one race over another in one way. However, bare in mind this doesn't mean you're automatically a KKK eugenicist that wants to separate the races and purify bloodlines...there's a difference.

Actually, its not so much offense as amusement, since this is the first time I've encountered someone with such a broad definition. KKK and similar shit, now thats racist, and fucked up, to me. Inhibiting someone's right, privacy or security because of their race, thats racist to me. Not dating someone whose looks I don't like/don't turn me on, however, is a right of mine, so I don't consider it racism.

Same here.

We might as well start calling a good number of people in Latin America, Spaniards and Portuguese now.