Im so glad she has no idea what Mexicans or latinos are. We would have gotten “Jose frijoles” a Mexican wizard with a moustache and hat who throws a spanish word into every sentence.
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If she wrote a South East Asian she probably would name it Coolieboy Sambal. Who is an errand boy of one of teachers who tries to tame the boy and make him less “savage”
I don't know if I'm laughing art JKR's racism or at that funny racist sketch.
It’s ok to laugh at satire of racists 👍
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Ok I know I shouldnt have, but that did make me chuckle.
There's no "shouldn't have" here. We can laugh at these things. This was a joke about how badly JKR writes foreigners, not a joke about the race it depicts.
There are good and bad jokes about racial stereotypes. Are we making fun of Mexicans or are we making fun of racist peoples' stereotypes about Mexicans? I'd argue this joke was the latter.
There's no way you people would think she's racist if she wasn't transphobic.
She was very accepting of Hermione being cast as a black girl. Seamus was just used as comedic relief in the movies, much moreso than in the books, with his magical mistakes causing explosions being primarily when he was a kid. He was loyal and high achieving character.
Meanwhile, the blonde character who uses the offense slur "mudblood" is the childhood villain for most the books. Yet she is racist for this somehow too, I imagine.
she had a reputation for racial stereotyping even before she went mask-off as a terf, decades back. like naming the one Asian character Cho Chang (sounds like ching chang chong; both names are from different Asian countries), naming the one Black character Kingsley Shacklebolt (King from MLK, shackle from slavery), naming the Jewish character Anthony Goldstein, naming an Irish character Seamus Finnegan...
...it's not that she was necessarily super racist, she just used very stereotypical/over the top names for her characters. so I don't hate her for being racist, I hate her for being transphobic.
And to be fair, not all of those are equally bad. Seamus Finnagan and Anthony Goldstein could very well be real people. The other two are so much worse, especially now that you've made me realise the slavery connection.
About Cho Chang though, she actually looked up the meanings and choose Cho because it meant butterfly. I've never really associated that character's name as a play on the racist stereotype, being Oriental myself. I've just associated it with general western ignorance.
As abhorrent as she is now, she was a queer ally but just didn't understand trans, like many people around her age and demographic. She reacted to the massive backlash and drove herself into the weeds.
She's horrible now and deserves all the hate but know that she's a result of our own making. I think if any new people express a misunderstanding, it's far better to make a bridge to correct that misunderstanding. It takes a lot on our part, trans and trans allies, but I'd rather make a friend out of a fool than a foolish enemy.
I think there's a lot of truth to what you're saying, though there's a little more to the story. for reasons I don't understand, the UK specifically has always been terfier than other Western countries. more lgb-friendly, but historically anti-trans. MumsNet was full of terfs with very similar demographics to Rowling years before trans awareness hit the spotlight.
I think we did a poor job educating potential allies and making a case for ourselves, in a way that got weaponized against us, but terf ideology is as old as Janice Raymond and second-wave feminism. I'm not sure Rowling specifically would have ever been on board.
There’s no way you people would think she’s racist
That's mainly because she was hyped up for so long and she didn't go all out, but it wasn't long until someone noticed the Gringot's bankers were Jewish Stereotypes and some of the names were a bit iffy. But I think it really was a "Little Britain" situation where we didn't get it until the second read through.
Also, in her books for adults, she's gone mask off, especially against Mixed Race people.
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I find it amazing that she can be so fucking tone deaf.
Like, wasn't half of your entire best-selling series about equality/prejudice, you daft fucking terf? Pretty sure there was a whole lot about the unfair treatment of house elves and muggle-borns. Pretty sure that first antagonist we meet (aside from the Dudley's) is a poster-child for Hitler Youth.
Pretty sure there was a whole lot about the unfair treatment of house elves
no, the house elves loved being slaves and hermione was being hysterical for fighting for their rights.
Which is also amazing because she is simultaneously a target herself for being muggle-born. To the point that she had to erase herself from her own parents memories.
Meanwhile in the real world, bigotry is still common among oppressed groups. See also: racism in LGBT communities, self-hating Jews, Catholics/Protestants, close-the-border 1st and 2nd gen immigrants etc.
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She's also derivative as hell, but children's lit doesn't get real deep reviews, and we were all too busy defending it from Christianity to really notice.
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Yeah, calling the only black dude Shacklebolt as well. The more you look the worse it gets.
Even the Irish kid gets worse in the books. Apart from making things explode, his other notable character trait is repeatedly trying to turn various drinks into whiskey.
his other notable character trait is repeatedly trying to turn various drinks into whiskey.
In fucking fairness half of your personal goals as an Irish teenager in the 90s and 2000s related to acquiring alcohol and getting drunk.
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As and American I'm also trying to turn various drinks into whiskey.
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Jesus fucking Christ what? there was a character named shacklebolt???
Kingsly Shacklebolt, i believe he was the personal assistant to the prime minister. His most famous quote: "dumbledores got style"
Not the only black character in harry potter btw
"Not the only black character in harry potter btw"
Yeah everyone forgets about Hermione
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Oh goodness, I never thought of that.
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They see me (rowling), they hating. Trying to catch me writing dirty...
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The Troubles was so long ago for me that the character quirk went over my head.
The films added the stereotypes. They made the goblins hooked nosed and added a Star of David decoration to the greengots bank floor.
It's not in the books but Rowling still had huge control over the film so retains responsibility.
That’s not a star of david, and it wasn’t added for the film. That’s the floor of the Freemasons Hall in London.
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What's racist about it? I'm not racist enough to understand
To say the UK and Ireland have had explosive interactions in the past would be a bit of an understatement. There were spates of car bombings, shootings, and other forms of violence all along the border of Northern Ireland (Due to both sides believing Northern Island should be part of their nation).
Addendum: This was not a purely binary conflict. There were also those in Northern Ireland who did not align with either aggressor.
Rowling probably takes a more pro-UK stance, and therefore is comparing the Irish people to the IRA (Irish Republican Army) bombers.
The conflict(s) were part of a period known as The Troubles (Wiki page linked)
Disclaimer - I'm an American outsider with an interest in learning about history, so I may not have the most accurate summary of events from either side of the story. The Wikipedia article should summarize incidents much better.
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