NOUGHTS and Crosses author Malorie Blackman has hit back at online trolls who labelled her anti-white. Her novel was turned into a six-part drama series on BBC, and tells the story of a parallel universe where black people are the ruling class.
The drama - which stars rapper Stormzy - was always guaranteed to spark debate, with some viewers accusing Blackman of "race-baiting".
Malorie was not interested in the criticism and took to Twitter to respond. "Btw, to those accusing me of being anti-white or stating I must hate white people to create such a story as Noughts and Crosses, I'm not even going to dignify your absurd nonsense with a response," she wrote. "Go take a seat waaaay over there in the cold, dark and bitter haters' corner." The.
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