tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542518648627849085.post5193095669140324401..comments2024-02-11T06:00:30.938-07:00Comments on Skeptical Eye: ‘The Hunger Games’ elicits racist reactionsNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991410496107221875noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542518648627849085.post-85201645710050325422012-03-29T10:13:33.344-07:002012-03-29T10:13:33.344-07:00Well, no, because the text clearly indicates that ...Well, no, because the text clearly indicates that Jim is a slave and black (also, to make it easier, the original editon of the novel was illustrated). You might have more difficulty correctly picturing the slaves in <i>Pudd'nhead Wilson </i>, though.<br /><br />Interesting that you bring up Twain, however, since the race-baiters so often label his masterpiece "racist".Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991410496107221875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542518648627849085.post-56294582452882708702012-03-29T09:35:20.143-07:002012-03-29T09:35:20.143-07:00When you read Twain's "The Adventures of ...When you read Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," do you picture Nigger Jim as white?<br /><br />Har har har...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542518648627849085.post-65407848021845322272012-03-29T08:52:21.914-07:002012-03-29T08:52:21.914-07:00Here's basically what I see...
I see my post,...Here's basically what I see...<br /><br />I see my post, which mentions people being racist (using epithets, saying they didn't fit the role, etc.) on a Twitter feed for a children's book... and some white people defending it.<br /><br />Am I correct in picturing you guys as toothless and inbred?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542518648627849085.post-79320477763310904672012-03-29T08:09:19.050-07:002012-03-29T08:09:19.050-07:00When I'm reading a book I always assume the ch...When I'm reading a book I always assume the characters are white. What else are you supposed to assume, that they're Iranian? Maybe they're Indian (some of them have "white" names) or Asian. Unless the author tells me otherwise, they're white, dammit!<br /><br />Of course, sometimes the author does tell me and I forget, like with James Patterson's Alex Cross. I kept seeing him as white and had to make a conscious effort to picture Morgan Freeman in my mind instead. <br /><br /><br />Dark brown skin? Hey, coulda been a sun tan!Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991410496107221875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542518648627849085.post-9475907752460395002012-03-29T07:46:35.072-07:002012-03-29T07:46:35.072-07:00Both of you are morons.Both of you are morons.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542518648627849085.post-53947301845727337752012-03-28T23:18:13.570-07:002012-03-28T23:18:13.570-07:00Anonymous is right.Anonymous is right.DUTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979375799258978432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542518648627849085.post-60229488765354571872012-03-28T22:46:15.448-07:002012-03-28T22:46:15.448-07:00Why can't the characters be white? Are you ant...Why can't the characters be white? Are you anti-white??? How many blacks want black characters/what's wrong with whites wanting whites? Im tired of whites being label "racist" because they behave like all the other races. Its okay to call the black stranger "bro" if you're black but God forbid a white guy feels solidarity with those of his own race!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com