The Internet has opened up a plethora of knowledge and information that we could gather. Because of the developing technology, we are able to view every single event sitting in any corner of the world. But as it is said, “with great knowledge comes great responsibility,” we seem to have forgotten our responsibilities towards the community and towards the people around us. In olden days, there used to be sections in the newspaper that were set aside just for the critics would put forth their views. With the advent of internet, all of us have turned into critics. Being a critic is also an art. One must realize that healthy criticism is always accepted and right. But racial criticism is something that is unacceptable as it not only changes a lot of people’s perspective in the wrong way but also opens up a huge discussion where people worldwide could discriminate and pass racial slurs.
The article ‘Racist Hunger Games Fans Are Very Disappointed’, speaks about how the fans disapprove of the characters who played Rue, Thresh, and Cinna only because of their skin colour. There was a similar article where racist fans lashed out at an artist who drew a picture of the harry potter cast with Hermoine as a black girl. These articles prove how narrowminded we tend to get. Instead of appreciating the actors’ hard work, we have now become critics who look at the most irrelevant issue and point it out on a public platform where more and more people could talk about flaws more than the positivity. As days progress, we as humans should develop some civic sense and not be so narrow-minded. Instead, we are just making the world a horrible place where a lady isn’t safe, where a person with black or brown colour skin will be treated as inferior, and where judicial laws do not even listen to such “inferiors.” How does this make the world a better place? Instead of being responsible enough, people choose to aggravate such topics by writing and sharing the racial slurs even more. And it is sad to say that not only have we failed as critics, but we have also dropped our standards to be called humans.
Articles:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/28/showbiz/movies/hunger-games-black-actors/index.html
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/harry-potter-hermione-racists-artist_us_59c258fee4b0f22c4a8de570
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/06/06/jk-rowling-slams-bunch-racists-against-black-hermione/85499252/