Yesterday, Matthew Eliot cataloged Twitter responses to the trailer for the remake of Annie, which features Oscar-nominated actress Quvenzhané Wallis in the titular role and Jamie Foxx as “Benjamin Stacks.”
White people on Twitter reacted much as one might expect:
No, we kid. Some merely expressed surprise:
#ANNIE is black? IN WHAT WORLD.
— JK (@THEjustink) March 6, 2014
Others, however:
I don't like this remake of Annie. There can't be a black Annie.
— Taylor Hartwell (@tayylorhartwell) March 6, 2014
But, of course, these racists aren’t racist!
@slutwhoreputa lololol you're calling me racist? You don't know s*** about me.
— Taylor Hartwell (@tayylorhartwell) March 6, 2014
Nor do they have “problems with black people”:
They turned Annie black. I have no problems with black people. I have a problem with a non-ginger Annie
— Sheryl (@shamy_feels) March 6, 2014
Unless, that is, they’re playing traditionally white characters:
Black Annie…? No… Annie always will be and always should be a ginger! #notracistjust traditional
— Sara Campos (@SaraCamposXD) March 6, 2014
And some are even more traditional than others:
They're redoing the Annie movie and making the little girl black. The f*** gonna be going on next? A black snow white????
— PactheMan1898 (@PactheMan189March 6, 2014
She is “the whitest of them all,” after all. Why, a black “Annie” would be like:
A black Annie- really? should we now have a white Aunt Jemima?
— Donna Latella (@logriffin) March 6, 2014
Besides, Annie is supposed to be cute:
We apologize for ruining your day.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/...s-annie-is-black-and-twitter-racists-go-nuts/
Yup, that just happened. Hay, publicity for the Annie remake though. Movie is coming out during the holidays and is probably gonna do huge numbers.
