RACIST COMMENTS SURROUND AMANDLA STENBERG’S LATEST ROLE
The beautiful and talented young Amandla Stenberg,13, has been receiving some criticism for her role as “Rue” in the new movie The Hunger Games. The criticism is not because her acting ability, but because of the color of her skin.
Some people are upset the character “Rue” is being played by an African American actress. Although the author, Suzanne Collins, describes Rue as having “dark brown skin” some are still surprised that “dark brown skin” is translated as African American in the movie and those people proceeded to Tweet about their disappointment. Some even admitted that they’d lost interest in seeing the movie after finding out that Amandla was playing “Rue.”
Amandla has responded to the racist tweets by saying, “As a fan of the books, I feel fortunate to be part of ‘The Hunger Games’ family,” she told Us Weekly in a statement. “It was an amazing experience. I am proud of the film and my performance. I want to thank all of my fans and the entire ‘Hunger Games’ community for their support and loyalty.”
BCK Says: In light of the recent events surrounding the Trayvon Martin incident, this comes as just another reminder that there are still people that have negative views on people of a different race to the point of disapproving of an entire movie because of their views. It’s unfortunate, but true and is just another example that although this nation has progressed and become more tolerant, it still has a long way to go. What are your thoughts?
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who cares what others think about an actors skin tone, what I care about is was the performance of a high quality, Morgan Freeman played a character in Shawshank Redemption that was originally written for a man of Irish descent, and he did an excellent job, was and still is one of my favorite films.
actually, there was a black guy with dreds in twilight. i feel what u mean though. i saw the hunger games b/c i read the book but also b/c the little girl was in it and she played really well.
Regardless of what people think they should keep it to themselves, she’s a child and living her dream. Some people are so disgusting.
Some people are ignorant and obviously illiterate! i was shocked and appalled at some of the comments I saw regarding this poor girl’s involvement in the movie! some people went as far as to say that they didnt feel as sad for the death of her character when they found out she was black. I guess we know how those people feel about Trayvon Martin.
I bet these are the same people who believe Jesus was a white man even though the bible says his skin was dark and hair was like wool. People only see what they WANT to see!
Really, black jesus? I guess people read what they wanna read too because Ive never read any description of Jesus in the bible.He might not have been caucasian but he certainly wasnt a black man in the same way the ethiopian eunuch was!
We all know there are some dumb as… people out there. The same fools who go to websites and leave nasty messages to people who have died. You know the old saying, the feeling is mutual. To quote a line from Aladdin, theyll die and only their fleas will mourn them!
In an interview awhile ago, the author Suzanne Collins described Rue and another major character as “definitely African American” and they are described as “very dark skinned” in the books. Yet, this was a shock to some fans. The illiterate fans I guess.
Not surprising since olive colored skin is considered “dark” to many white people.