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People On Twitter Claim The New Star Wars Movie Promotes 'White Genocide'

/ CBS Colorado

DENVER (CBS4) - A group of people have taken to Twitter asking people to boycott the new Star Wars movie because they say the film promotes "white genocide."

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" features a black character played by actor John Boyega and some white people don't like it.

Search the hashtage #BoycottStarWarsVII and there are a lot of strange tweets and plenty of racist comments.

A new trailer for the movie will be aired during halftime of Monday Night Football on ESPN.

The following are just some of the tweets:

First published on October 19, 2015 / 4:22 PM MDT

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