May 2012
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Anonymous asked: So now I should make a blog arguing why they cast a black person to play Cinna, when nowhere in the books says he's black. No, because Idc. He did an excellent job portraying Cinna's personality, what is really important. +, an olive skin is a tanned skin, not a black skin. With olive skin what Collins meant was that Katniss is not pale like her mother and sister. Maybe Jen wasn't...
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Anonymous asked: laughing my ass off because, um, no. Jennifer Lawrence isn't an olive skinned or tan white person and she was pretty pale in the actual movie. :|
suvinight asked: NO. you are so wrong. Katniss, Gale, and all others from the Seam are described as having GRAY EYES, olive skin, brown hair. Olive skin means that she is, in fact, caucasian. She is just a tan caucasian. When they dyed Jennifer Lawrence's hair brown, she fit the role perfectly. If the role of Katniss had been played by an African American, it would not be accurate. District 11 is the district...
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pickledpretzel reblogged your photo: “I reach out to Prim and she climbs on my lap, her…
sorry it’s a nice drawing but why is katniss black? it’s like a scene from the help
judging you.
Anonymous asked: In the Wiki for Katniss it says she is "“wavy light golden brown hair, tan skin, and brown eyes,” which are typical characteristics of the Seam.” according to the raceinmyfandom tumblr. Can you reblog?
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raceinmyfandom:
“Katniss is described as having “wavy light golden brown hair, tan skin, and brown eyes,” which are typical characteristics of the Seam.”
I want to know who’s responsible for the Wikipedia article on Katniss Everdeen. We need to talk.
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Anonymous asked: ahhh see where I'm from (southern France) we know that Caucasian is not a synonym for white skin. It seems to be that the US uses it as an ethnic classification vs race, which is where our differing opinions lie. Personally I know that there is no such thing (biologically) as race. But since people believe it it's an unfortunate social reality. As an woman of middle eastern descent I...
Anonymous asked: oh that's right I forgot that most Americans have a different understanding about how things are used in the rest of the world. I did not deny that olive skin exists in East Asia and Southeast Asia. So could you explain to how is the word Caucasian racist? it's nothing more than a classification for people that look a certain way. [I also forgot to include Hispanic as a form of...
Anonymous asked: I'm just wondering why you are getting upset about them casting for Caucasian women, because Caucasian includes Olive skinned people. The Anthropological classification Caucasian extends through all of Europe, The Middle East, Persia, and Afghanistan/Pakistan. They may have chosen a White Caucasian ultimately but they were not racist in their casting call.
Anonymous asked: did the author of THG Suzanne Collins have any input into the choice of casting for the movie? because if she did, then wouldn't she have been able to point out that katniss is olive-skinned if she thought it were a major part of the novel?
Anonymous asked: What is your opinion on a light-skinned Black girl being cast as Rue when in the books she described as being very dark skinned?
miakosamuio asked: What do you think about the interpretation of Katniss being Partially Native American? Mostly based of her "long, straight, black hair"?
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racebending:
mr-mighty:
“It matters immensely. The fact that Korra, a strong, independent woman of color is the lead character in an action cartoon series, especially of this quality and popularity, is a HUGE deal. To say that it doesn’t matter is called erasure — Korra’s race must be acknowledged if racism is going to change at all. The kids that watch this show are going to grow up realizing...
NEW BLOG ALERT!
damnlayoffthebleach:
BRHood: Hey guys! I just found this blog that is great.
It’s called FACE CLAIMS OF COLOR!
We recently had a few asks from people asking for face claims of PoC. I wasn’t sure where to begin, so I was doing a little looking and came up with that blog! So for those of you wanting to find face claims for your PoC characters, there you go! Now you can RP sans whitewashing!...
Sorry about the lack of posting lately, I’m on vacation!
“I will give you two or three non-white actors in smaller supporting roles. Why...”
– Aasif Mandvi parodies the mentality of studio executives who whitewash, in a satire article for Salon.com (via racebending)
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pretty-little-gryffindor-tribut asked: Love your blog!
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Sign the Jesse For Finnick petition. And share... →
stopwhitewashing:
fromthemargintothecenter:
This is pretty amazing…the public saying WE WANT THIS in a movie. It’s a process that’s so out of our hands until the time comes to watch it…I really love the idea of making our voice heard in terms of what we want to see prior to production. Really great.
Kamanitree: Do itttt!!
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racebending:
Cuz a dreamer never sleeps: COLLINS: It is a time period where hundreds of years have passed from…
always-tete:
COLLINS: It is a time period where hundreds of years have passed from now. There’s been a lot of ethnic mixing. But I think I describe them as having dark hair, grey eyes, and sort of olive skin. You know, we have hair and makeup. Source
Can we just talk about...
“at what point will people realize that criticizing a thing does not equate to...”
– if you need help, bark like a dog: (via racebending)
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A list of PoC Sci-Fi/Fantasy authors.
stfuconfederates:
Octavia E. Butler
L.A. Banks
Tananarive Due
N.K. Jemisin
Nalo Hopkinson
Samuel R. Delany
Haruki Murakami
Andrea Hairston
Shaun Tan
Steven Barnes
Nisi Shawl
Nnedi Okorafor
Dark Matter (compilation series)
The Carl Brandon Society (organization)
Thanks to everybody who contributed!
Feel free to reblog & add more.
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Anonymous asked: I dont know if this has been addressed so apologies if it has! If you believe Katniss is not actually white, then how do you explain Prim and blonde haired blue eyed girl, being her sister?
