Why District 9 Isn T Racist Against Nigerians?

According to Tola Onanuga’s article, “Why District 9 Isn't Racist Against Nigerians”, District 9 is not racist because the director is making us question on our view on race and equality. He even wrote in his article that the Nigerians no better or worse than their white, or alien, counterparts, creating an unsettling sort of justice among the characters. The written portion may sound accurate, but the audience can see that the Nigerians have been cleary typecasted. Several bloggers, like a Facebook group called District 9 hates Nigerians complained the film created negative stereotypes of the country of the Nigerian people. The film made the Nigerians typecast as gang members, weapons dealers and prostitutes, even though the Nigerian characters