Yes, I know that white is not default . . . . However, as I've said before on the other articles about these books that white is constantly/automatically thought of when a character is not explicitly stated otherwise. And that is the problem when it comes to representation of characters of color. Collins, like many…

Having just finished the last two books, I can honestly say that "The Hunger Games" triology wasn't a bastion of racial diversity. Besides Rue and Thresh and their families and maybe Beetee and his counterpart, Collins doesn't describe any other characters of color, especially meaningful ones. Besides my thought of…

I will have to do a search for the girl I pictured in my head, but Jadagrace is definitely too light for the dark brown description of Rue.

The fact that "olive skinned can mean white too" has been the argument so many times, effectively missing the point that the problem is that they casted only for white is . . . making me feel a lot of ways.

This is how I imagined their mother. I definitely pictured more of a Native girl in my head. Ah well.

And the description of Katniss doesn't clearly mark her as white. This is the precise reason why I did not enjoy The Hunger Games. Race in literature is one of the biggest issues, as far as representation of characters of color. When an author decides to give colors to characters in a reading atmosphere that…

It didn't say dark skin. It said dark brown skin which makes the coloring much more pointed and specific. A lot of people keep skipping over that when they describe Rue. Rue was also described as having satiny brown skin.

The fact that Collins doesn't touch on race at all really bothered me. It makes it even more frustrating when we know that the average white reader designates whiteness to any character except where it is explicitly stated. The debate on who should play Rue is a result of this. Even though she and Thresh are described…

Me too. The "debates" on the internet are frustrating me to no end. It's weird how people can ignore words and come up with their own image and then want to argue the point.

Exactly. If we want to get into parenting skills in order to counteract the blame we can start with you.

I was getting so annoyed I had to turn it off. If you do send it I wonder if they'll address it.

David Lascher is the reason why I'm watching "Blossom" at the moment.

They did run back to back. I hated "Hey Dude", but "Salute Your Shorts" was definitely on the tv after school.

I just finished a marathon of "A Different World" and "Blossom". This summer I watched the complete series of "Hey, Arnold!" and "Boy Meets World". I don't have a tv, so youtube and the 90s are usually what keeps me occupied. This was on my facebook newsfeed when I got on today. All 20-somethings, we can rejoice!

I just noticed that blackness put some serious curves on Lois.

1. Lois definitely cut Lana's brakes.

I quite enjoyed the "graffito". As someone who studied Italian, it made me laugh.

Get in line. I have first dibs on the brown skinned ginger babies.

Considering how rare red hair is I've known quite a few gingers, all of them black. (My dad's side has a few, so there's a possibility I might have a little ginger someday.) I don't think the discrimination of red hair extends into POC cultures, so I was surprised to find out that, especially in the UK, that ginger…

Ah, so that's how that happened. From childhood petting to fatal rivalry.