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‘Hunger Games’ stars react to racism

Few fans of the movie ‘The Hunger Games” went on a twitter rant about Thresh and Rue being played by black actors. The actors respond to the racist tweets.

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13 years ago

April 3, 2012

UVM Staff

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Recently, there were racist tweets aimed at the African American stars of the new film The Hunger Games.

Racism aimed at Hunger Games stars

Few fans of the movie were surprised to see Thresh and Rue being played by Black actors, although the book describes the characters as “dark-skin”. They lashed out on twitter in a racist rant about the movie.

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Check out the video by HipHollywood, where two of the actors Dayo Okeniyi (Thresh) and Amandla Stenberg (Rue) respond to the racist tweets.

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