[ SECRET POST #4243 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4243 ⌋

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Comments

[cakemage]

The problem I have with that argument is that if Harry were mixed-race and the Dursleys' hatred of him was partially based on racism, they would have most definitely brought it up multiple times, though probably not in front of company. Must keep up appearances, after all. And even if Vernon, Petunia and Dudley managed to refrain from making racist comments out loud (doubtful, as most racists seem to have trouble keeping their mouths shut and those three weren't exactly known for their subtlety), Marge absolutely would have said something horrible about Harry's mixed-race status, and she would have done so frequently and proudly. And loudly.

Honestly, if people want to headcanon Harry as Indian and Hermione as black, more power to 'em, but I have to admit that there are times when adherence to that view comes across as performative wokeness. Not always, mind, but that's the impression I get with some of the posts on the topic.

[(Anonymous)]

It pretty much always comes across that way to me, performative wokeness. JK Rowling did that herself when she pretend she didn't have a white girl in her head when she created Hermione, while writing the books, and up until a few years ago.

Changing the race of an established character is almost always done, in part, because of laziness. Can't come up with something new, change their race! Don't non white people deserve their own characters?

[(Anonymous)]

I honestly don't think JKR was trying to pretend Hermione was black all along or whatever. I think the comment about her never being described as white was meant more like, her race wasn't important enough to mention, so she can be any race if you want. It was defending the decision to have a black actress play her in the play.

Of course, you can assume she was white because pretty much any time a character wasn't white, JKR outright stated it (Dean Thomas and Kinglsey Shacklebolt) or you could tell from their name (Cho Chang, Parvati and Padma Patil).