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mongreldogchild t1_it7iiw7 wrote

Reply to comment by NefariousnessOne1859 in Why are black people inexistant in the fantasy/sci-fi genre by hater_first

https://theweek.com/articles/476844/hunger-games-stomachturning-racist-tweet-scandal

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hunger-games-racist-tweets-rue_n_1380377

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/some-hunger-games-fans-upset-character-rue-black-flna560267

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NefariousnessOne1859 t1_it7kw3h wrote

Ah ok, that seems to be people moaning about the film so I’d assume most of those idiots haven’t read the book then as she is described as brown skinned in the book.

But is there anyone who moaned when the book came out that there was a black character? That’s what I assumed the OP was getting at

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CrazyCatLady108 t1_it84kp4 wrote

> But is there anyone who moaned when the book came out that there was a black character?

a lot of people didn't catch that she was black. it was a bit surreal to watch people go all 'why did they have to change the source material for diversity!??!' when in the source material she is black.

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