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[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 52 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

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.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

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”

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 17 points 23 hours ago (6 children)

I don't know if I'm laughing art JKR's racism or at that funny racist sketch.

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago

It’s ok to laugh at satire of racists 👍

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[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 11 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Ok I know I shouldnt have, but that did make me chuckle.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

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.

[–] Cruel@programming.dev 19 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

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.

[–] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 11 points 17 hours ago

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.

[–] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 19 hours ago

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.

[–] mad_djinn@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

YOU'RE DOING THAT THING THAT REDDITORS DO

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

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.

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 29 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 10 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

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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[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (7 children)
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[–] UltraBlack@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They see me (rowling), they hating. Trying to catch me writing dirty...

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 4 points 21 hours ago

This made me laugh way harder than it should've, bwahaha

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