Oscar-nominated actress cast as 'Annie' is black -- and Twitter racists go nuts

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:

black Annie got the white folks like pic.twitter.com/v202TWGxH8

— gina theresa (@regina_404) March 6, 2014

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 shit 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! #notracist just 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 fuck gonna be going on next? A black snow white????

— PactheMan1898 (@PactheMan1898) March 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:

✨ Annie was a freckled face redhead, not a nappy head parasite infected #nigger shitbag! #niggers ruin everything!! pic.twitter.com/oJTbVkMrn1

— Bum Farto (@Bum_Farto) March 7, 2014

We apologize for ruining your day.

Watch the official trailer for the remake of Annie below.

["Quvenzhane Wallis At The 2013 Film Independent Filmmaker Grant And Spirit Award Nominees Brunch, Boa, West Hollywod, Ca 01-12-13" on Shutterstock]