Well it looks like being openly racist is back in for 2012. A record number of people flocked to the premiere of the highly anticipated movie, ‘Hunger Games’ last week. However, some comments from a select few of them have been making news over the past few days. Many were upset that young actress Amandla Stenberg was chosen to play Rue and actor/musician Lenny Kravitz (Cinna) were cast in the movie, despite the fact that the novel’s author, Suzanne Collins describes these characters, particularly Rue, as having “dark brown skin and eyes.” Some reactions to this:
“I was pumped about the Hunger Games. Until I learned that a black girl was playing Rue.”
“Why does Rue have to be black not gonna lie kinda ruined the movie.” [READ MORE]
These disturbing tweets and many more were posted on a Tumblr page called ‘Hunger Games Tweets.’ It’s sole mission? To “expose the Hunger Games fans on Twitter who dare to call themselves fans yet don’t know a damn thing about the books.” The creator of the blog also wrote about people’s reaction to the film, in particular to the character Rue being played by 12-year-old, Amandla Stenberg:
“Clearly, they all fell in love with and cared about Rue. Though what they really fell in love with was an image of Rue that they’d created in their minds…And then the casting is revealed (or they go see the movie) and they’re shocked to see that Rue is black…This is so much more than, ‘Oh, she’s bigger than I thought.’ The reactions are all based on feelings of disgust…
These people are MAD that the girl that they cried over while reading the book was “some black girl” all along. So now they’re angry. Wasted tears, wasted emotions. It’s sad to think that had they known that she was black all along, there would have been [no] sorrow or sadness over her death.
There are MAJOR TIE-INS to these reactions and the injustices that we see around the world today. I don’t even need to spell it out because I know that you’re all a smart bunch.
This is a BIG problem. Think of all the murdered children. Think of all the missing children that get NO SCREEN TIME on the news. [Source]
The blog creator goes on by saying that “there are major tie-ins to these reactions and the injustices that we see around the world today” and reiterated the purpose of the tumblr blog: to “point out shitty reading comprehension. LOL”
Check out some more tweets below and on HungerGamesTweet.tumblr.com.

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I’ve read the entire book series, and I think that the casting was great! Rue’s description in the book is dead-on with the casting. Cinna’s character is also quite eccentric in the book, so who better to play the part than Lenny Kravitz??? I swear…some people will make an issue out of any and everything.
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I am so tired of talking about this racism crap. I am really over it. It will never end in our lifetime. I say let’s just keep doing what we do and keep it moving.
Sorry but i find it very hard to believe this was worth a post.
You will recieve minority opinions on everything – thats all this is. A Minority opinion.
This is really sad because I read the trilogy and in book 1 the author clearly described Rue as a black girl. I immediately pictured a black girl as Rue while reading. The author then went on to describe District 11 and their industry and how they lived – which made me think about slavery days, thus envisioning a majority of blacks.
None of them are complaining about Tresh being black, but Rue because they fell in love with that character and cried for her. Based on that reason alone I shake my head.
I read an article about this before and people were complaining about Thresh being black as much as rue. smh
And their shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth!
I read the triology as well…and the author did not for a certain say Rue and Cinna were white!…those few tweets are of ignorance…the books was great and I heard the movie was as well. but people choose to talk about this?…some people seriously need to get a life…I honestly..well actually I can’t(can)believe people really did tweet this…serioulsy??
@KYM SO TURE , BUT IT SHOW’S THAT RACISM IS STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE IN THIS YOUNGER GENERATION . THAT’S WHY BLACK & WHITE MOM’S AND DAD’S NEED TO TEACH THEIR KID’S ABOUT GIVING BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY’S , AND STOP LETTING THEM LIVE OFF OF T.V AND ON-LINE GAME’S ….
A SELFISH , SELF-CENTERED MIND CAN’T LIVE BEYOND HATE FOR THEMSELVE’S AND OTHER’S .
THIS IS NOT ONLY A BLACK PROBLEM !!! IT’S AN AMERICAN AND WORLD PROBLEM !!!
WE CAN BRING CHANGE INTO THIS WORLD , BY GIVING BACK TO SOMEONE THAT’S LOST,HUNGREY , POOR , OR COMES FROM A ABUSIVE HOME’S ,FULL OF HATE.
In my lifetime, I can’t remember this much “in your face” racism. It seemed that for sure people have always felt a certain way but they hid it more. Now, people just don’t care if you know it or not. Some are proud of it. It is very hurtful and it makes me afraid of where we are headed when so many simply do not care for a large part of the human race. It is frustrating and plain heartbreaking to listen to the news media be disrespectful to a murder victim, be disrespectful to the president DAILY, and say racial slurs only to give an insincere apology a few hours later. WHAT’S GOING ON?? Have we forgotten about God and how he created us all and that if we are divided we are weaker and this is America, we use to set the standard, others are watching us and how we are tearing each other down, we could have a real life hunger games pop off. I am just saying folks. We need to remember how to love each other. What are we afraid of? Why is it so important to keep others down? Praying for the world!!!
This topic is a good example of tricknology, very akin to magic. A good magician makes you think that you saw something that you did not, or do not see lol. Both of these alleged “black people” (whatever that is) are actually “Jewish”, which is why they are in this film. Look at their last names. You are the seed of your father. Your “color” DOES NOT denote your “race”. What’s even funnier is that so-called white people get angrier at FICTIONAL characters being depicted in films as “black”, than so-called black people do with the multitudes of films that have depicted people who were historically “black”, as caucasian. Let me also add that it has never gone out of style to be overtly racist, so 2012 has not brought in anything new on that front lol. Once the Trayvon Martin story dies down, black people (particularly black females) will go back to worshiping caucasians.
So, what do you think we should do about it? You tend to make a ton of comments with no real solutions.
@JUDAH you’re always rambling on with with real solutions just like @AMGELA said
Judah, as the bible says it is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth, or better yet type words on concrete loop blogs and remove all doubt.
I beg to differ black men worship white women and other non-black women, especially the rich black men and black men need to stop hating their mothers, sisters and aunts and embrace loving being black instead of taking all their money back to the whites when they come up in life, black men date non-black women more than any other race, except white men and asian women
Judas (aka traitor to your race), there is a third character involved in this scandal his name is David Okeniyi. As an African, i recognize his name as a Yoruba name. His parents must be immigrants from Nigeria. Please stop spewing rubbish.
I’m a Black female and I only worship The Creator. I know who I am and I don’t envy or worship ANY man or woman- Black, White or otherwise.
@ Angela & Redchainsaw
You two clowns are exhibit A in black female buffoonery lol. Both of you are a microcosm of the wilfull confusion perpetuated in the “black community”. Both of you waste your time reading my commentary, which you claim you do not like, and ask a question that you in all actuality do not want (nor can you comprehend) the answer to. The short answer to your question is that the black man must return to the scriptures and the black woman must return to the kitchen. We all know that will not happen, so it is a waste of time on all our parts for both you to ask, and me to answer your pretentious question. All things are accomplished according to time. The black woman, as Eve, has tasted Satan’s fruit and is will continue to eat until the tree is bare. The black man has been reduced to a bestial, confused state and will remain in that state until the time comes for the elect among him to awaken as his enemy destroys himself, and all those who adhere to his philosophies. The signs are everywhere that the enemy is being guided like a lemming to enact his own demise. That is why the Son of God tells us to WATCH and PRAY.
@crock
The Bible tells us that the woman should learn in silence (I Tim 2:9-12). The reason for that is because when a woman opens her mouth and is not in order, she causes nothing but confusion. Learn first, then you can earn the right to speak to me lol.
@Kendall
You can differ all you like. Most of you sisters are contrarians by nature and delusional. The black woman (for the most part) is a spiritual race traitor, and the only reason that you’re so concerned who the black man is dealing with is because most of you are lonely. The vast majority of famous black men are with black females. That is a FACT, and you black women do not deserve preferential treatment based on your conduct. The vast majority of famous black females are with men of the other races, single, or l*sbians. Please disprove me. You have no knowledge, and most of you sisters are hypocrites who only speak on “race” when you’re getting the short end of the stick (in your mind).
@ARIEL
You worship the white man. You just call him “The Creator” lol. Neither the Lord, or Christ for that matter, are dealing with you (or any woman for that matter) directly. Christ is the head of the MAN, not the woman (I Cor 11:3). If you want to know Christ, you must have a man of the Lord to teach you (I Cor 14:33-35). You can be delusional if you like.
Wow. i would like to see who this guy is that has so much to say about everything
Judah, what woman has caused you to hate all of us?!!! You should really seek help!!
@Judah…and God also said that husbands in the Same way, should love their wives as God love the church Eph 5:25…in which God so love the world/church that he gave his only son to his ppl not to rule over them, but to serve. So men and women, in turn are to submit to each other and to submit to God as equals just as Christ submits to the Fathers will but is still one in the same with him, one flesh. This does not prohibit women from working outside the home. In fact, it allows for women to do so if there hearts so choose so and for men to respect their choices, if a man truly “loves us as he loves himself” eph 5:28. No real christian man would ever take a human right from his wife to fulfill her highest potential just as he would not want someone else to stop his growth. Yes, women, above anyone, should make sure that their home front is taken care of, but men are to do the same and support her where she falls short and vice versa. That’s why God says their is no men and women, Jews and Gentiles in Christ Jesus and all of us are heirs to his throne because we are and we all have the same rights, privileges, and to under him.
@SHION
I don’t know what Bible version you’re reading, but in the King James 1611, the phrase “in the same way” is not there….so that makes your point moot. Maybe you’re thinking of I Pet 3:7, and in that verse Peter tells men that they must use KNOWLEDGE when dealing with the women because you are the WEAKER VESSEL. Furthermore if the phrase “in the same way” was there, the Bible would contradict itself, because the scriptures deal with ORDER, not confusion, which is what the doctrine of “equality” is. The man is the HEAD of the woman. That is why there is so much confusion in the alleged “marriages” of our people. These black males are signing indentured servitude contracts under females (black women in particular), and he is expected to cater to the whims of a creature that is emotional by nature, and look at her as an “equal” lol. Negro please. The man is to love his woman, teach her, and protect her. She is not his equal. That is your black Christian church/female equality doctrine (which is of Satan) that you are attempting to intermingle with the scriptures. That is why I stated that the sisters, being spiritual Eve, will eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge until that tree is revealed to be barren. Eve “ate of the fruit” (meaning received the teachings) of Satan and TAUGHT ADAM. The spirit of a woman teaching the scriptures is a satanic spirit. Everytime you sisters respond to my comments, you do nothing but prove me correct. Furthermore, nowhere did I state that a woman should not work. I was asked a question, which I responded to and added the corollary that “that will not happen”, because we are not in the proper time. All prophecies are fulfilled according to time miss. In this TIME, the role of the male and female have been bastardized in accord with the contrived credit-based economic system, so in most cases, a woman must work. In a REAL SOCIETY, the female is at home (Psalms 68:13, Titus 2:4,5, II Macc 3:19, etc.). The real underlying issue is the black woman’s incessant lust for power, attention, and prestige. Some of you try to use the Bible as a tool to promote yourself due to the understanding, as I’ve already stated, that the black male is (for the most part) in a bestial state. Furthermore you browbeat your men or husbands with scriptures that you don’t even understand lol (Prov 9:13).
No where did I say the man was not head over woman. What I said was in turn, the man must also love his wife like Christ love the Church, which, giving his life for her, not only came to teach but came to serve. In this way, men and women must submit to one another, being equal under God despite man position just as Jesus submits to the Father will but is equally yoke with him. Basically, we both have to submit to one another in different ways but we both are the same under God because both must submit to him and no other. That is why I said if man is the example of Christ to women and men are to follow the example of Christ than men must also learn to become last to be first. Does that mean women are to misuse the power God has giving us? Does that mean he is suppose succumb to our every will? Of course not. But it does mean men have to recognize that though you are the head of the household, you have to respect and recognize my feelings and concerns and make his decisions according to the benefits of what helps me to futfil my full potential as well as his own which may or may led me primarily working at home. God doesn’t say that we only work in the house, real society or not. We are just suppose to make sure that in what ever we do our home front is well taken care of. He shouldnt Lord over me telling me what I can or can not do, but with a servants heart making sure my wants and needs are included with his own. And women in the same way are to listen and adhere to men, trusting that the men know them and love well enough to have there best interest at heart. The problem is that males in the past have misused their power and forgot how to serve while being served and women, being fed up, have taken the reigns of their lives..so much so that many have forget to love and respect men. Its both man and woman fault. We need to learn how to love one another as one body, one flesh.
@SHION
Miss, no disrespect to you, but I deal with the Bible….not the ramblings of some sister bugged out on philosophies and insecurities. No race of female disrespects the role of the woman more than you black females. Alot of you catch yourselves trying to pull scriptures because you go to “church” on Sunday, but your wh0res and $luts the other 6 days of the week. You hate being women, which is why you invest so much energy trying to usurp authority, then have the nerve to wonder why everyone allegedly “hates” (knows) you. You typed all that vain rhetoric and did not give me any scriptures to verify what you stated, because you cannot (Isaiah 8:20). Men and women are not “equal” under the Most High. That is not in the Bible. Anytime women are leading, that is a sign that the people are being OPPRESSED (Isaiah 3:12). What you espouse (female and male “equality”) is part of the feminist agenda that your actual god, the white man, implanted in the “christian church” in the 1970′s. You are not “fed up”, and you haven’t “taken the reigns” of anything. Your god, the white man, put you in power as Satan always does with females. “We” don’t need to “learn to love each other”, because your definition of “love” is not profitable at all. You want a man to worship you and listen to your nonsense. A man must learn to love this Bible so he can regain his senses. Christ, while in the flesh, came to teach the elect (who are men). They are the CHURCH. They are the “BRIDE” (Isaiah 54:4-8, Revelation 21:2,9). The elect men are the “virgins” (Matt 25:1-11, II Cor 11:1-3, Rev 14:3,4, etc.) because they are pure from spiritual fornication. Any man with wisdom is going to take his wife’s thoughts into account, but a man of wisdom also understands the nature of the woman, that being the love of confusion (Ecclesiastes 7:26-28). Furthermore, yes, a man is supposed to have the power over what you do (I PET 3:1). What does the word “subjection” mean miss? Why does Peter specify that you are a “daughter of Sara” if you call your husband “Lord”? You SERVE and OBEY your Lord. This is why you black women are good right where you’re at, which is by your d@mn selves lol. You’re a bunch of nuts that, for the most part, deserve the demons that are attacking you. A man is supposed to approach you with a “servant’s heart” lmao? First off, do you know that a man can have more than one woman (Deut 21:15, I Sam 1:1,2, etc.). Furthermore, the servitude that Christ paid the church is TEACHING. A man serves his wife by TEACHING her the scriptures, and through that, an understanding of life…not by co-signing your “independent woman” stupidity, where you inhale these falsehoods taught to you by the white man, and in turn browbeat the black man with them. Any idiot that signs a contract with one of you nutcases gets exactly what he deserves.
@Judah What are you talking about? Every thing I’ve mention (Gal 3:28, Eph 5:21-29, Mark 10:44-45, Phillip 2:3, 7) has been based on scriptures. Even the end of the first scripture u use on me (1 Peter 3:7), both being heirs together of the grace of life, to come to my conclusions. For what does servant mean if not sacrificing ones self mentally, physically, and spiritually?? For if Gods only purpose was to serve the church through teaching what was the purpose of all his love one another scriptures as one loves himself and making that part one half of the most important comandments??( Mat 22:36-40). For what is love if is not in some part selfless??(Corinthians 13:1-13) And women who use and teach the scriptures what was the purpose of God using Deborah, Anna, and Priscilla?(Judg 4:14, Luke 2:36-38, Acts 18:26) And even with all your scripture proof of man supreme dominance over women and their confusive state, all you are doing is picking and choosing scriptures to fit your own agenda, just like u excuse women of doing. No one knows fact the means and context these scriptures are derive and meant for. So your interpretation is just as questionable
@That’s the dumbest crock of ish I’ve ever heard.
LMBO… I think that was the funniest comment ever. Judah is like the inmate depicted by Damon Wayans on “In Living Color.” Thrown in jail, read some religious books, read some history books, then throws disjointed concepts together, sprinkles it with some “big word” and calls himself spreading some “greater message.” When people refute his crap with actual facts or an enlightened perspective which contradicts his, he gets offended, spins the issues they raised, and basically dismisses their ideas by resorting to insulting ie internet thugging. He’s not any better than the politicians, but much more amusing to engage.
@ SHION
Stay focused and try to control those female empowerment demons. You black women in the Christian church are the first ones that need to be exorcised, because you’re the most proud, and under the strongest delusions. Miss; again, a man “submitting” to a female is not in the scriptures, which is why your retort is so brief and contradictory. Where in any of those scriptures does it speak about a man submitting to a woman? What do you mean, “what does a servant mean?”. The scripture tells you what a “servant” is. A spiritual servant is a teacher (John 21:15-17). A man is not supposed to “sacrifice his mind, body, and spirit” to you lol (Prov 31:3). Christ was speaking to his APOSTLES in Mark 10:44,45, because like I stated, they are the VIRGINS. The “love” that the Bible speaks of is a summation of the laws that were given (John 14:15, I John 5:3, etc.). Christ was QUOTING the so-called “Old Testament” when he stated what he stated in Matthew 22:36-40, from Deut 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18. You people in the “christian church” only read half the Bible, so you only get half the story. Galatians 3:28 is in reference to the men and women in the church. They are members of the same body, but they do not have the same function miss (I Cor 12:15-27), the same as in I Peter 3:7. The sisters that are joined unto men of the Lord will also be heirs in the kingdom, under the authority of their men, but you must be getting taught by a MAN of the Lord. The man is the HEAD OF THE woman. Philippians 2:3,7 is in reference to Christ’s MINISTRY on Earth TEACHING. Question, did Peter come up to Christ and tell Christ that Christ should be “more supportive” of his fishing business lol? Is that how Christ “served” Peter or did he serve Peter by TEACHING him (John 6:63, 67-69)? If you notice; I’m explaining your scriptures, while you are acknowledging, but not explaining mine. How are you going to ask me about women teaching the scriptures when Paul stated that a WOMAN IS NOT SUPPOSED TO TEACH and that you are to learn in SILENCE lol (I Cor 14:33-35, I Tim 2:9-14)? That is why I assert that most of you sisters do not believe in the Bible other than as a propaganda tool for your feminist movement. Furthermore, none of those sisters you named “taught” the scriptures. They were PROPHETESSES, not TEACHERS. Priscilla assisted her HUSBAND according to his discretion. To say anything different is to say that Paul contradicted the scriptures. Prophesying and teaching are TWO DIFFERENT vocations, and TWO DIFFERENT anointings from the Most High (I Cor 12:28). A PROPHET or a PROPHETESS receives a vision or dream from the Most High or a similitude from an angel and relates it AS IT IS GIVEN (Job 33:14-17, Hosea 12:10, etc.). A TEACHER breaks down scriptures and explains those visions (Nehemiah 8:8, Acts 8:26-40, etc.). A good example of a PROPHETESS who had TEACHERS i.e. “priests” break down her vision was Huldah (II Chronicles 34:22-28). This is part of my point in regards to females and how you misread the scriptures. You are inherently EMOTIONAL and have no place breaking down scriptures. We are no longer in the time of prophecy, so there are no “prophets” on the level of the prophets during the ancient time because the Lord is not dealing with man on that level right now (Isaiah 29:10-14, Micah 3:5-7, etc.). We are in the time of the FULFILLMENT of prophecy.
@JUSSAYING
The only person “offended” here is you lol. Did I ever “engage” you before miss, and if so, how badly did I embarrass you? If you’re a black female, that is probably the only engagement you will ever experience lmao. Since we’re stating what we remind each other of, you’re like one of the crab, simpleton-minded negroes that screamed “Get Yo’ hand out ma pocket!” in the Audobon theatre, or maybe more like one of the pseudo-”educated” pharisees who harassed Christ, or better yet, Angela Davis or Lorraine Hansberry (so-called black female “intellectuals” that were actually le$bians on the whiteman’s payroll) lol. As I’ve repeatedly stated, every time a black female responds to my commentary, all they do is prove me correct….(and don’t come back and tell me you’re a male, because if that’s the case, you might as well have the operation lol). Miss, I’m God-gifted, not talented. The understanding that has been given to me cannot be taught, and it cannot be attained by reading “religious books and history books” lol. You get KNOWLEDGE from books, not understanding, and without understanding, knowledge is unprofitable. If you are enlightened, then you should enlighten me instead of speaking about me for me to see. You’re clearly, as I’ve stated, another ATTENTION-STARVED black woman. You called me an “internet thug”, to imply that in person I would not speak the same way, but then you alleged that I got an “education” in prison, which would mean that I’m violent in person. Which one is it miss? Or are you too caught up in your black female tantrum that you have no comprehension of what you’re stating?
Black women are bossy..I think Eve was a black woman. She probably had her fist balled up handing Adam that apple. Black women keep other black women single and seen as less appealing and feminine because of this black woman bossiness and dumbing down of femininity so nobody looks better than them. As long as she has on tacky clothes with her butt out, wearing those harsh drawn on eyebrows- horrific, wearing those fake eyelashes that are coming unglued but they still wearing them, and wearing other people’s hair, then she is keeping it real. Black women dress for other black women because black women are bossy and they give into that beaded eyed peer pressure to not dress and act classy and use correct english and black men dont like that mess. Black men will just walk over to the white lady and the white lady already know what a man likes more and white women allow white women to be classy and expect it. It is much more peaceful the least amount of black women.
You right, I have not fully giving you an full analysis of what you said. So here it is. Every scripture you gave me proclaiming that men are the virgins and the only elect/church are vague if not even pertaining to the subject at hand (Isaiah 54:4-8, 8:20, Matt 25;1-11,Rev 14:3,4,) unless you refer it with the scriptures II Cor 14:35 and Titus 2:4,5 (which i will get too as well). No where else does it specifically prohibits women from preaching, speaking, teaching, or having authority in the church. And in every instance you try to show me verses of women with authority or women speaking in general as being the source evil are still vague and do not necessarily pertain to all women who do so(Isaiah 3:12, Prov 31:3, Prov 9:13, Isaiah 54:4-8 Ess 7:26-27). In fact, in and around the those same verses you find that God is calling both men and women to self control and warning both from haughty ways and sins, meaning that the underlying issues are not pertaining to just women direct service to God, but to all sin and sinful ppl who falsely claim the name of the Lord. And as far as Ps 68: 12(not 13), in the verse before it, it even said that the women are proclaiming in a mighty throng that which He has spoke to them (v 11), and does not necessarily state it as a prophetic message. If that was the case, why did God allow Hagar to be able to discern who he was, first, and then be able to understand the message he gave her about her son to be without the assists of Abraham? why would Martha be able to discern that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of God? Why did Jesus allow a woman, not a man, to proclaim his rising from the dead and for his apostles to adhere to the her commands spoken as His truth? Why would he teach the Samaritan women and allow her to spread the word so that ppl can believe and not make her wait on her husband or some other man to do it? And why where there women among his traveling disciples during Jesus ministry supporting them out of their own means (Luke 8:3) (evidence that Jesus did not mind women with their own earnings)? And if Peter said the Holy Spirit can cause both women and men to speak, whose to say that the Holy Spirit can not cause women to speak directly in other ways besides prayer and prophecy without males? II Cor and Titus were just two isolated instances where both men and woman did not know how to conduct themselves at church and paul was just stating how to respect one another as service was going. If Paul didnt want women to speak at all he would not have allow them to do so in chapter 11. It would seem to suggest he was trying to stop all the nonsenical chatter and random outbursts for women who where uneducated at the time and want them to learn in quiet as to not disrupt the flow of the service. That isnt to say women could not inherently understand or participate in God’s word or that God would not speak to us directly to get understanding, it just meant that during worship service unnecessarily questioning and outbursts was the problem. Women, at the time, where alot more uneducated and would more than likely need help from men who were to get understanding. But this is not the case today. And yes, Jesus did serve Peter with teachings and called him from his job of fishing, but that most certainly did not mean he disprove of him working as a fisherman and or that he call him to the life of apostleship just because working was evil. Nor does that mean women who like/desire to work out side the home are, as i stated, wrong or evil for doing so. For even addition to Jesus allowing women to support him with their own earnings, the virtuous woman was allow to make linen and and sale it to merchants as also(Prov 31:24). Nor does God’s love only revolves around his teachings for his ppl. Its also involves his compassion, his kindness, his mercy, his grace, his joy, his selflessness..all the things he made in us that we all should impart on one another, esp the man since is the head and the leader of the family. If not why would God even care to explain to us what love is if he did not want to us to use it. No, it does not specifically say that a man should submit to a woman but God does say before he gets into detail of our separate duties that we both should submit to one another (Eph 5:21) which means we both are called to submit to one another, as i said, just in different ways. Like I said, you are just picking and choosing scriptures to fit your own woman-is-the-problem agenda. What so hard in believeing that a man loving his wife with the same intensity and respect if not more for his wife, and the wife in turn loving and following her husband who she loves, trust, and respects right back? Where is the evil in that? And where is the evil in women being able to speak and connect with the True and Only Most High God directly when he has done so since the beginning of time? You barely explain what the purpose of the love passages in the bible and you barely explained why God would place so much importance of loving ones neighbor as himself all over the in the bible. And with that, In done.
It’s always based on perception and the connection the reader has. While I think some people are being a$$holes with the racist comments, I don’t think they are off with how they interpreted the book and characters, and being disappointed with what they got. It’s how they took the novel. I heard people were falling out that Lenny was portraying Cinnna, but I felt he nailed him.
I think that we should honestly be more worried about the fact that A. this was allowed to be published as a children’s/young adult novel and B. made it to the big screen. I saw no allusions or allegories what so ever in children killing children for sport in this film, nor understood why it still got a PG-13 rating when they are about to give that bully movie a R-rating just because the f-word is used a few times. It was very disturbing to watch.
The plot was disturbing but that was one the best movies i have seen in a long time. I don’t think the movie should have been rated R at all
I enjoyed the movie but the editing to make it a PG movie killed it for me. It had potential to be EPIC but fell short due to the editing
I haven’t seen the movie yet but read all three books and they actually come across as very anti-war. The negative effects of violence and losing people close to you is intimately portrayed in a way that does not glorify the violence. Vengeful acts have a way of coming back to bite the best of characters and ultimately you see a young girl dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder.
I do agree the movie should have been R; that would have made it truer to the book at least.
@Lucy,
I think you are missing the point entirely, and that you should go read the messages on the Hunger Games Tweets tumblr. I think the bigger issue is that it IS a book which deals with graphic violence, which young kids must fight in a brutal gladiator-esque fashion, and the issue that these teens are having is that some characters were portrayed black and not white. That the color of their skin is an issue, when, in fact, Hollywood white washes things all the time. (Off the top of my head, Angelina Jolie played one of the main comic book heroines in Wanted, when in fact that character was a black female).
I can’t believe they called Rue ugly! That is one of the most adorable little girls i have ever seen! I was in tears when she died in the movies!!
THANKS FOR RUINING THE MOVIE FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE NOT SEEN IT YET!!! DUMB!!!
Asss!!!! spoilers bitch!!!!
Unfrigginreal && Backlashza you two are the real dumb asses, it says it in the article!!!
“These people are MAD that the girl that they cried over while reading the book was “some black girl” all along. So now they’re angry. Wasted tears, wasted emotions. It’s sad to think that had they known that she was black all along, there would have been [no] sorrow or sadness over her death.”
Domo- I agree I LOVE Amandla Stenberg especially in ‘Columbiana’
Thank u Samm! and if u read the plot you know that the girl was going to have to die eventually!
I am so over white people. Clearly the book was not portraying a white character. Movie was great nonetheless.
People don’t think black people can be apart of something great. Or be great.
We need to support this new African American Writer/Director Dominga Martin, ck this out… see her video she made here:
http://tinyurl.com/bnfhmzx.
In the heart of NYC, she’s reppin for her vision in movie making.
There aren’t enough of our people making movies for our people. She’s ready to handle her business like a BOSS. There is a whole another market than Tyler Perry’s. Love Jones, Love and Basketball, She’s Gotta Have It, Set It Off, are still just as good today.
I’m not really a Tyler Perry fan, but there are no other choices. That’s why we get forced to consider the article above.
The question is: who’s going to step up and really give her the tools she needs to be successful in creating films for us? Until that happens all we can do is use this space to be reactive. Good outlet but really there are enough entertainment moguls in our culture to find their own distribution and entertainment companies with huge biz models.
Really, what is THE movie of this last generation, decade? If there are less movies to go to, how do they (Hollywood) even consider to know we do care?
I’m going to help spread the word about Dominga whenever I can. She has a website
http://www.houseofmingproductions.com. We gotta rally for our creative people to get that power to create more movies for us.
Technology has allowed people to hide behind a computer screen, and spill their racist comments, and true feelings about other races. Also remember we have black president, so white peope, who arrived in this country on third base, but act as if they arrived on first base. Racism is alive and well, and not going away.
There is no answer for ignorance…
Whos ignorant why do you black women always call honest white poeple ignorent
when i watched the movie…rue looked EXACTLY as i pictured her when i read the book! i thought the actress chose to play her did a fantastic job and i couldnt have been more pleased with the characters portayal. it saddens me beyond belief that people would attack such a young sweet looking girl like that when it CLEARLY states in the book that she had dark skin! obviously some of these people are not as big of a fan of the book as they claim to be…dumbasses! but i doubt amandla (rue) cares…she just cashed a fat ass check! BOOM! lol
i knew all you white pep was mad da prez is black.Now its showing shit yall wanted the man bc.Okay my black pep we dont owe this white pep shit.If they want it bring it lets go
nomore talking becuz now we mad.iam going to take everthing yall got everything
Are these the same people participated in the KONY2012 protests a few days ago? People are getting pissed off over this yet they want to turn around and pretend that they really care about children being murdered in africa. Whatever happened to KONY2012? It’s nice to see how people really feel lets just be honest for now on and stop wasting everyone else’s time being fake.
This is no different than Samuel L. Jackson playing Nick Fury in the Iron Man, Captain America and now Avenger movies. They will get over it. Or at least they should. You didn’t see us jumping up and down when white actors and actresses have been playing minority roles for years…Jesus, Cleopatra, Native American, Egyptians, etc.
We just playing catch up
But Rue had the description of a black girl in the book, so that’s different. The actor they chose to play Rue was correct.
I saw the news on these comments and was surprised people could miss that in the book. Cinna, was not given much physical description but both Thresh and Rue were described in a way that made I assumed they were black…in fact, District 11, where both of the characters were from in the book, seemed to be located in the deep south (as it was described as the “agriculture” district).
It seemed to me that the author, by her choice in geography and living conditions mentioned, was making a reference to American slavery in her futuristic novel: district 11 had black people, small homes where everyone (including the children) were needed to work the harvest fields, strict rules that could result in flogging and or death and they were locked into their district by barbed fences and guards. I guess the readers who made the racist comments didn’t know enough about black american history to catch this reference though…and yes, there are black people even in science fiction stories.
SMFH! I don’t even know what to say to this.
It’s 2012 and these ignorant mofos never seize to amaze me. I’m so glad that Rue and Cinna are in the book because we don’t have a lot of black characters in fantasy type movies.
This just makes me sad and tired. I’m probably just gonna stay offline for a while.
I was a little upset that Michael Clarke Duncan played the Kingpin in Daredevil, I was miffed when Samuel Jackson plays Nick Fury in the Marvel Movies, (come on Sam you cannot have EVERY ROLE) Next you’ll be playing James Bond…sheesh!! But back to the subject at hand…Calling the black girl in Hunger Games a nigger because when reading the books you didn’t visualize the author’s take on it, then wow! And shame on you! It shows that had you known the character was black upon reading you wouldn’t of invested so much “emotion” and “affection for the character. YOU ARE THE NEO RACIST! And I am now aware of you. But I leave this with you because EVERYONE can change. LOVE IS THE ANSWER!
I read the first book. It clearly states Rue was dark…..WHAT WHITE SPANISH ASIAN PERSON IS DARK????? People’s imaginations are just as racist and fuccin stupid. I fine they both fit their characters well. its 2012 stop being ignorant, this crowd better not say these things bout the movie but stand for Trayvon, if so they all need to kill themselves. I work at the movies in NYC, this past wknd was CRAZIIII and everyone came out so happy saying Lenny played Cinna perfectly.
I don’t understand the big deal about Rue’s African American heritage. It was more than clear, in the book, that she has dark skin and eyes. I honestly believe many individuals just want to start arguing for the sake of arguing nowadays. It’s almost like we’ve gone back a century or something…Tsk. Disgusting. Grow up, children.
I feel like we all need to love ourselves and love others. If everyone does this, statements like these won’t be made. One love.
The funniest comment about their race, was when one poster stated that Rue’s death wasn’t as sad b/c she wasn’t a little blond girl w/ blue eyes. Lmao. Who said racism was dead? lol smh
So much hate every where. Just the comments people make against each other in these comment sections is overwhelming….and not just regarding this noteworthy topic – which is as CL described it, Disturbing…it could be as simple of a topic as a persons outfit, or a song.
Disturbing INDEED!!!! I am at a loss for words at how someone can be so nasty to a human being in this day in age yet alone a child. That girl has done nothing but try to pursue an acting career and gets called out of her name for it. Forget how everyone else feels, that little girl has a computer and can read and I am sure that her feelings were hurt by the words these people chose and the comments these people made. SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!
seriously??? people is shock at racism in america??? really…. any day on yahoo commments you read a lot worse… more importantly did the zimmerman dude get arrested yet????
youknow what . i witness alot racist crap and im sure we all. but when walk through hall of Old dominion university with some friendswalk all white roomparty and someone shouted as the door close “no niggers allowed” I swear i was hotand ready to whip someones ass. I dont tolerate racism comments or gestures for any race. Racism still existed in this world and sad that always will.
I’m currently reading The Hunger Games, not too far in. I swear that Rue was described as a brown skinned girl (maybe not those exact words), but she was described in a way that made her character obviously black. Unless I read her introduction into the book wrong. I’m gonna go back and read it now, but racism will never die.
I don’t care if it says Rue is dark or any other color in the book (even though it does). It doesn’t matter! The girl who played Rue played her well. I thought of Prim and I thought of my younger sister, and I was sobbing, quite noticably I may add. People are racist and insensitive.
Also, I don’t know if you’ve read the reviews that people are saying that Jeniifer Lawrence (Katniss) is too fat to live in a post-apocolyptic world ant too tall to be with Peeta. Come on. They can’t find anything wrong with the movies so now they’re just making things up.
Only stupid people actually say things like that
WOW!!!!!! SMH!
Thats a damn shame. So sad.
Only idiots worry about her race, just stfup!!!! and enjoy the movie or book
Loll white people are envious and scared shitless at the rise of black people…they always feard n envied us….thats y they not only try to make us hate ourselves but our fellow brothers n sisters….n still we conquer..that young girl in that movie is gorgeous…shes beautiful…n probably look better then the prettiest plain lookn white girl they could ever imagine lmao….o well. Black ppl rule!!!!!!!!
To bad most black people dont see that. If we stick together we can accomplish so much as has been proved in the past.
These are the same people that will believe Cleopatra is a white woman played by Elizabeth Taylor and now Angelina Jolie! Its sickening
Cleopatra was white; she was a Greek and came to power after Alexander the Great had already invaded Egypt and been deceased. Ptomley was her father. You should really read your history.
I’m just mad that now I know that cute little girl is going to die in the movie. Ugh!
I love how the Hunger Games blog is exposing these racist dumbarses. I noticed that a lot of their accounts have been deleted. I mean if you’re gonna say dumb stuff and show your picture, don’t try to hide from it now when you’re exposed. LOL.
I am just disgusted! Why the hell do people think that blacks can’t be mainstream? And that Asian guy who posted that disgusting comment has some damn nerve! He acts like he’s never heard comments of him not being able to see because of his chinky eyes or not being able to drive because he’s Asian! They think that all of us are supposed to be ghetto and worthless and it’s sad. Why oh why does race and skin color matter? It’s f–king 2012…. not 1912! We worked so hard to be successful and you still have a–holes trying to pull us down! And what is funny is that when blacks complain about mainstream magazines not having any black celebs on the cover, they think we’re taking it too far or being too sensitive, it’s because blacks aren’t as appreciated as whites! And they ask, how come BET isn’t racist or how come it’s dedicated to blacks? Again, we AREN’T APPRECIATED!
This little girl is only 13! I repeat.. Only 13 and she has f–ked up people coming at her like that? I hope they burn in hell.
Right on!! It really is a shame that people still act this way in 2012……
Its the black ghetto folks fault, all blacks are judged from the way ghetto hood blacks talk and act. The more classy blacks outnumber the stereotypical violent ones that image will change. We need to be wearing hoods for all the blacks that were killed by other blacks in the hoods and ghettos and start reporting and being witnesses to black on black crimes and expecting harsh sentences and the black value will go up to other blacks and then the value will go up with other races. This black “no snitching” and other ghetto laws are the basis for low black life value. It perpetuates the reason for all white juries and the stereotype that we always want a handout and dont want to take personal responsibility. Not reporting and demanding to be treated as well as a black will treat a white is asking another black for the handout of not making him/her take responsibility. Demanding the hookup of letting them get away with murder, rape, and theft as long as it is against another black increases black on black crime rate and downgrades black value. Violence begats violence and we are more violent because we allow it. Other races see that and are understandibly fearful and shoot first. Its not always skin color but behavior. This is why other races that are also the minority feel superior like the chinese guy or the darker than black Indian. Blacks dont respect blacks. We act like savages in these hoods and dont take responsibility for our actions. They judge us how we see and treat ourselves. We give them so many examples to use against us by our free will. Culturally, blacks violate more 10 commandments on a consistent basis and wonder why we still suffering consequences-lifestyle of fornication instead of marriage, violence, not treating neighbor as ourselves is the biggest one and we keep reaping unless our minds change and reculturalize that black mess out. Black women love white women as much as black men, they just dont have penises…a black woman will compliment and love on a white women and hate on black woman in a second and wonder why black women are seen as hateful and ugly, biggest idiots.Black women will use a white woman to rise against another black women she is jealous of. Black women dress for other black women and not for black men because black women are bossy and get mad if another black woman looks good and classy at the same time..if she looks good and hood its okay. Testosterone go for the most estrogen…white women become more appealing because they are more womanly and danty and its expected. Black women on the other hand expect other black women to wear weave and those horrific fake lashes and harsh drawn on eyebrows are just tacky. Black women keep other black women single and seen as less appealing and feminine because of this black woman bossiness and dumbing down of femininity so nobody looks better than them. Black women class up and dress up and stop wearing other peoples hair and tell black women they are pretty just like you love on the white woman that got your man and gonna keep getting them as long as black women dress and act to please black women opening the door for white women even wider. Black women are the most closed minded and jealous of the race and then wonder why we have the reputation we have, big idiot.
The hood ghetto black acts like they are the superior authentic “keeping it real” black., making other blacks copy and act the same way out of peer pressure perpetuating the negative images even more. If you dress, talk, participate in activities that they dont do, then you are not keeping it real, you are putting on aires and bougie-which are terms to say that blacks arent suppose to have this and that and act differently than the hood black. When they do not fit the hood mold, they are considered not real black and bougie. Similar terms whites used when a black got more than they did, they were considered uppidy and the whites burned down the neighboorhoods like in Rosewood and did sneaky things to make a black lose their property and cops stopping a black in a nice car…its all from the same mindset to put ablack back in their place. Blacks do the same today to each other. Black women will try to put another black woman in her place as less appealing by bossing her into not dressing classy and dainty and using correct english. Same thing different mouth.
Its bad enough being racist but to a 13 year old. Come on anyone should know that is wrong.
Are yall freaken serious!!!!!!??? Why they HECK should it matter if the girl is BLACK!!! This is a daggone blip!! I can’t believe RACISM still exist!! SMH!!!! I can’t believe somebody actually called the little girl a NIGGA!!! Why should her skin tone even matter. I feel like racism against BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN’S is becoming a freaken EPIDEMIC and it’s SAD!!! >=( Like c’mon it’s 2012 and yall still wanna be on the black and white shiz!! Shut up!!! Don’t make a bit of sense..SMH!!
Right. It is disgusting that people still haven’t evolved enough of a brain cell to figure out that it doesn’t matter about skin coulor or race. THAT WE ARE ALL EQUAL!!!
Ok so clearly those of you upset about the whole Rue thing did not read the book. In the book Rue was black. Why dont take this and make it a positive Katniss liked Rue and felt some kind of Bond between them. Why isnt anyone mad the Lenny Kravits character was a black man? With all the interacial couple having children around the globe, after awhile know will know anyones race so in the end what does it really matter?
Notice the name “EJ Santiago”, a minority spewing the venom of racism at another minority. Go figure!
You’d be surprised on how many Hispanics/Latinos think that they’re white and better than blacks lol.
He looks filipino. Go make me some dog soup EJ and stfu.
Black people should have shown up in droves to see the movie to shut that down, but once again black folk sleep on things like this and wonder why blacks in Hollywood have limited roles. Now if your sons and daughters want to be actors/actresses they will continue to have issues because black folk were lazy when it came to supporting black main characters in mainstream movies like this movie and Columbiana. Stop eating them hot wings and gluing in that weave and get to see this Dam@ movie! Especially black women!
Right!
Please note, even if racism is completely abolished, there will always be dumb people, or smart yet ignorant people, or people who open their mouths well before they open their mind.
I’m a white man, and I find the it completely appalling anyone would make such comments about who played what in the movie. I can only hope that history will prove that it was a tiny group of thoughtless tweenagers that actually posted their sad, sad thoughts. I don’t feel that his represents the majority of the new generation, so please don’t let it. please. please.
You know what is really sad? The first guy’s profile photo shows 3 guys and one is black. I’m guessing he is one of the white guys. He has someone black close enough to him to post his photo as his profile photo, but don’t like blacks in the movie? Hypocrite much? I hope your black friend now knows how you really feel about him.
The second guy looks to be a filipino. I’m sure he has experience some kind of Asian based racism since he looks more chinese then spanish. I’ll bet his parents were immigrants. I guess he made the comment because he REALLY wants to fit in with the white kids who will never claim you as one of their own. Sorry, dude.
The third guy – two snaps down and cirle around. Okay Ms. GagaAlexzander or whatever you call yourself. Gays out there fighting for equal rights and many blacks, both gay and not gay, fighting with them. How DARE you EVEN spit a racist remark out of your mouth about a beautiful little girl. You, if anyone, should be applauding the diversity in a film. So people, is Amerikka messed up enough for you now?
Yes but it’s not just the Americans is it? There are lots of racists in Britain too. Some would say there is more in Britain, but I can’t comment on that because I’ve never been to America.
WTF how they gon get mad ? Get a fucking life . The fucking book did not say what race she would be so why in the hell are yall complaining ? Those comments are really rude and made me so fucking mad that people could be so mean . I mean race doesn’t matter to me if that was a little white girl i wouldn’t even care about her race . I would truly care about the character . Ughhh STOP RACISM NOW …
I agree. Also they have the cheek to bully a 12/13 year old about her skin coulor/race
Kind of s*** is this!! This makes me wanna say to hell with Hunger Games but its not Hunger Games’s fault…..its some of the rude ass fans that the franchise has. SMDH! I hope they know who Karma is because she gonna have fun with they asses
Frankly, I havent read the book or saw the movie.. But why the hell does it matter whether thge gurl was black or white..if the gurl went missing or died, the same shit happens to black people and whit people. thats just like me saying I read titanic and now im mad that i cried over a white poor boy.. thats dumb.. RACISM EXISTS!!!!FLATOUT… BUT PEOPLE KNOW WHO TO SAY IT TO. TWITTEERRR BLOGS…ETC
HOW DARE PEOPLE SAY THAT BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE PLAYED PARTS IN THE MOVIE!!! It is stupid to say that Amandla Stenberg (Rue)and Lenny Kravitz (Cinna)shouldn’t be in the movie, they played the parts really well. Also there is NOTHING WRONG with crying over a black persons death and they did NOT WASTE their emotions when they read the book. THEY DISGUST ME!!!
Just saying guys – in the book, Suzanne Collins makes it pretty clear that Thresh and Rue are black (what in our world we call “Afro-Americans”, but they can’t be since America doesn’t exist. “Afro-Panemians” maybe?)…
I was very affected by Rue’s death, and really I can’t see what difference her skin color makes. I saw her as of that race all along.
On the other hand, Cinna’s skin color wasn’t mentioned in the book – but since people in the Capitol can change their skin color anyway, how can it matter?
If you want to talk about anyone being of the wrong physical appearance, Jennifer Lawrence comes to mind. I loved her acting, and she’s amazingly talented… but Katniss is a typical girl of the Seam. Gray-eyed, dark-skinned and haired, and skinny… not a round-faced, blue-eyed, curvy, athletic girl like Jennifer. However, by the end of the movie I truly believed that Jennifer was Katniss, which shows what a great performer she is.
In the film Hunger Games, there are definitely scenes that are disturbing for white people. I think all the films producers and directors know what disturbs white people but I think they are strictly ordered to please black people, regardless of what white people hates. I don’t think there are any more films or tv programs left for white people to watch without being disturbed and even humiliated. Almost in all films:
- blacks are always in good characters.
- blacks are in commanding, high positions and order whites
- blacks are always with whites, especially black men are always with a white girl/woman. you never see a black couple
I guess white people will stop watching the films totally at all, as almost all the films are made to please blacks, especially black men.
Unbelievable!!!! I can’t believe this is such a big deal. (Rues race) People amaze me …I truly can’t believe people are such a bunch of idiots. I’m so trying to be nice about his whole situation, if this really bothered some people then, their lives must truly be miserable. What a messed up way to live.
I’ve said that least 4716213 times. SKC was here…