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The Hunger Games hit by racism row as movie fans tweet vile slurs over casting of black teen actress as heroine Rue
By Sarah Bull
RACISM ROW SURROUNDS THE HUNGER GAMES, TWEETS:'I was pumped about the Hunger Games. Until I learned that a black girl was playing Rue'
'Kk call me racist but when I found out rue was black her death wasn't as sad #ihatemyself'
'Cinna and Rue weren't supposed to be black... Why did the producer make all the good characters black?'
'EWW, rue is black?? I'm not watching'
'Why is rue a little black girl? #sticktothebookDUDE'
'To all my hunger games readers out there: Did anyone picture Rue as being black?No offense or anything but I just didn't see her like it'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2122714/The-Hunger-Games-hit-racism-row-movie-fans-tweet-vile-slurs-casting-black-teen-actress-heroine-Rue.html#ixzz1qiaRv6VI
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