thisgingersnapsback:fearandwar:ladyatheist:earthwindfire82:zoedangerawesome: This Tumblr page will e
thisgingersnapsback: fearandwar: ladyatheist: earthwindfire82: zoedangerawesome: This Tumblr page will expose the Hunger Games fans on Twitter who dare to call themselves fans yet don’t know a damn thing about the books. And my father keeps trying to tell me racism isn’t a problem. Please read this foolery… This is why I generally stay the hell away from fandoms. How the FUCK can you call yourself a fan and NOT FUCKING KNOW THAT RUE AND THRESH ARE NOT FUCKING WHITE?! IT’S CLEARLY STATED IN THE FUCKING BOOKS THAT THEY ARE NOT WHITE! Did they not even read the character descriptions? Jesus god. Honestly, a lot of times white people will ignore the physical descriptions in books and just assume that the characters in them are white, because that’s generally all we see. It’s been made the “norm” so when someone isn’t, it’s a surprise. I’m not saying this is a good thing—it’s just something that I noticed I did (pre-tumblr) that I no longer do, and it’s terrible, and further proof of the white-as-norm bullshit. It’s fucking awful, and should be called out on every goddamn occasion, like this. I admit, when I first read the books I pictured Rue as white. Then I re-read them, and my reaction was “Wow, how fucked up is it that I automatically assume that main characters are white? And man, I’m glad Suzanne Collins made me confront that element of my white privilege and also I feel like a fucking tool.” -- source link