victims of the week: the hunger games racists

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The Hunger Games book has these characters Rue and Thresh, described thusly:

"And most hauntingly, a twelve-year-old girl from District 11. She has dark brown skin and eyes, but other than that's she's very like Prim in size and demeanor.

The boy tribute from District 11, Thresh, has the same dark skin as Rue, but the resemblance stops there."

Naturally, when black actors were cast as these black characters, outrage ensued.

"Why does Rue have to be black not gonna lie kinda ruined the movie," wrote Nobel Laureate Maggie McDonell on Twitter.

"Awkward moment when Rue is some black girl and not the little innocent blonde girl you picture," another 'tard commented

"Call me racist but when I found out Rue was black her death wasn't as sad," wrote Jasper Paras.

Good idea. You're racist, Jasper. And astonishingly without self-awareness and even remedial reading comprehension.

This is just garden-variety idiocy, though. What makes these folks transcendent is that some of them are now complaining that in being called racist, they're being cyberbullied.

Yes. That's the lesson here. You're the victims.