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Originally posted by Cas
I imagined Katniss white too but I don't really care what is the colour of her skin. I don't see the reason behind the fuss about it.
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Well most readers are going to imagine Katniss as white since thats what they are used to seeing in their leads, especially if you're white yourself.
I'm not white so when I saw her described as olive skinned and how she looked like her father, I never thought she was solely white. Like I said 3829412 times, Suzanne left her race ambiguous for a reason. She wanted readers to see themselves in her. Readers of all races. It was kinda brilliant. The fact that they didn't follow through with the casting and at least TRY to look for women of other races says alot about the state of Hollywood right now and is pretty racist. Suzanne really should be ashamed of herself for going along with it.