White Until Proven Black Imagining Race in Hunger Games Flashcards
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Who wrote “White Until Proven Black: Imagining Race in Hunger Games”?
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Anna HOLMES
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Premise:
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Many people could not believe that actors in the Hunger Games would be black and made many racist comments over the internet.
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Hunger Game Tweets:
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A website that hosts the racist/inflammatory comments posted on twitter and other social media websites.
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Other information:
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Many readers can’t believe that the actors in the hunger would be black. Only 9% of children’s books are culturally diverse. Murder of Martin (17 year old black child): He was shot by a self-professed neighborhood watchman because the watchman thought he was up to no good (because he was black)
