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a re-writing of history that erases us, erases our struggles
and our victories.
Source: http://xalexiel.blogspot.com/2011/03/why-katniss-eve
rdeen-is-woman-of-color.html
I'm not saying that Alexiel is more correct in her interpretation
than any of us (and it is a total and complete interpretation,
unlike anything I've seen discussed — and worth
reading). But her perspective is compelling, at least to me,
and it goes to show how subjective the reader's experience is.
To a white reader, or even a non-white reader, this series may
not be about race — race may not even occur to him/her as an
issue to think about. But to this particular Guyanese blogger,
it absolutely is! Her position is extreme, and one I don't share,
but I don't think that her analysis is entirely wrong. There's
definitely a place for interpreting a racial or ethnic meaning
into the series. If you don't see it at all, that's fine, but you
could be missing out on some interesting perspectives.
We live in a world where race matters. Whether you have
a cast of characters that's all white, all black, all Asian, etc.
or a mixture . . . Whether you employ racial archetypes or stereotypes
or avoid/subvert them . . . Whether you describe the
characters' races explicitly or ambiguously . . . There's almost
always some comment to be made about what this means for
our social reality. Whenever The Hunger Games takes place
— and it could be hundreds of years in the future where race
is irrelevant — it's a very contemporary work of fiction with
contemporary implications.
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