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justplainsomething:immigrantsoul:feminishblog:radicalrebellion:vegannvagina:pipeschapman:Feminist Frequency on race and casting for The Hunger Gamesthink HARD about that: not only did they white-wash Katniss, they EXPLICITLY PROHIBITED WoC TO AUDITION FOR THE ROLE OF KATNISS. Smells like blatant racism.Can we focus on that last part? B/c white people will always come up with “well the white actor/actress was just the best one to audtition.” Well, yeah if that’s ONLY who auditioned. They’re theory of white actors/actresses being better doesn’t hold up if no one else if given the opportunity to even audition.What I love about this is how Anita states right off the bat, that this is not about Jennifer Lawrence. This is about something much bigger than her. And she didn’t need to diss her to make the point. She sets hr aside, rolls up her sleeves, and tackles the bullshit head on.Excellent approach.I hate Hollywood so fucking muchNo really, major props to her for stating that this isn’t the actress’ fault. Hell, it’s not really the fault of any actress or actor in Hollywood. It’s the fault of the people in charge of making the movies because yeah there is some major bigotry going on and it needs to STOP already. -- source link