I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE...

...just kidding she's black she can go. 

I'm sure all of you are aware of the hit trilogy The Hunger Games.  These books have taken the film word by storm with its first becoming a movie. 

Now, after reading the books I know that I fell in love with the character of Rue due to the similarities between her and Katniss' sister Prim. Since the character of Rue took over the 'little sister role' while Katniss was in the actual games, a reader would imagine Rue and Prim to look similar. 

With this in mind, some viewers were not happy when the character of Rue being played by Amandla Stenberg, a 13 year old black girl. After watching this video I was in shock that since Rue was played by a black-American rather than a white-American, some people even refused to watch the movie ! And then proceeded to tweet about it! 

I never would have thought that this would be an issue for fans, what are your thoughts?

Watch The Video Here !

The Racist White Girl

Recently I was sitting my the couch with my friend who is a black-American and he brought up something that caught my attention. When flipping through the channels I automatically stopped when I saw that the show Friends was on. 

When I started singing “I’ll be there for youuuuuuuuuuu” he said “of course you watch this, you’re white”.

Excuse me?

I was in shock because I thought that everyone grew up watching Friends! Just because Monica, Rachel, Phoebe, Chandler, Ross, and Joey aren’t black it doesn’t mean that you can’t watch the show!

And then he proceeded to ask, which show I thought is better: My Wife and Kids, or Friends. Obviously I was going to choose Friends! Now, don’t get me wrong I find My Wife and Kids very funny as well, BUT IT DOES NOT COMPARE TO FRIENDS.

Somehow, since I preferred a show that happened to have mainly white-American characters as opposed to black-Americans, I unintentionally came off as being a “racist white girl”. Hmmmm…

'I Only Shot A [racial slur]'

Recently I found an article written on August 1st of this year that was more than a bit concerning. Being in a Catholic school we all know the 10 Commandments. The Sixth Commandment states "thou shalt not kill". Now, Catholic or not it is common sense that in our society murder is both morally wrong and illegal. 

However, one man by the name of Walton Henry Butler did not feel he did anything wrong when he shot Everett Gant due to the fact that Gant was a Black-American. When questioned by the police Butler admitted to shooting Gant but acted as if he had done nothing wrong.

How did he defend his actions? By stating that he "only shot a [racial slur]"

Even though Butler did in fact kill a man... he didn't think it was a big deal since the man was black. Granted, if he was a white man I would assume that Butler would be far more sympathetic when describing his actions. In fact, I believe this incident would have never even happened if Gant was white. Do you?

Read The Article Here!

Pants On The Ground

I chose the topic of Racism Against Black-Americans because on a daily basis I hear the words: 

"It's because I'm black isn't it?!"

I have a friend on my swim team who is a black-American and frequently uses that excuse when something does not go his way. After hearing this I always look around at the people around us... they are all minorities as well. 

My team mainly consists of Hispanics, Filipinos, and a few African Americans. Clearly, no one in the room was racist at all. Why was this such a common reaction  for him though?

Over the years black-Americans have came a long way from being enslaved, to one black-American becoming the President. However, racism still exists whether we like it or not. Why is it that we find ourselves locking our doors when driving through an all black neighborhood? Now, I'm not calling any of you readers racist, but we all know every once in a while we have made assumptions. 

That is what my blog is about, making assumptions. The next time you see a black man walking down the street wearing baggy jeans, think about it... is he a gang member? Or did he just forget to wear a belt this morning?



Watch Here! - Pants On The Ground