▲ 670 ▼ Anon learns a new spell (sh.itjust.works) submitted 1 year ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works 143 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (2 children) That’s why us Latinos aren’t represented in the series. Jose el Mago would have walked up to the guy and just shanked him a bunch of times and taken his shoes permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Probably a good thing JKR didn't include any Latin American wizards in the series. They probably would have ended up practicing a form of magic that was basically just Aztec blood sacrifice. No way it wouldn't be racist as fuck. This is Rowling we're talking about. Her goblins are thinly veiled Jewish stereotypes, she has happy house slaves, and the African wizards are literal witch doctors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago Rowling was always known to be slightly racist but people mostly dismissed it as a sort of fantastically stupid racism. As in, the "ha ha this racist stereotype is so dumb, see how ridiculous it looks when I put it in my wizard book" sort. I don't think it was until she started going full TERF that people began to realise that she's not making fun of the stereotypes; she actually thinks casual racism is a funny and cute thing to do. permalink fedilink source parent [–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago And they would be called Rodrigo Rodríguez permalink fedilink source parent [–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 8 points 1 year ago 50 Shades of Grey was a Twilight fanfic. What I'm saying is, my good sir... Youre onto something magical here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Probably a good thing JKR didn't include any Latin American wizards in the series. They probably would have ended up practicing a form of magic that was basically just Aztec blood sacrifice. No way it wouldn't be racist as fuck. This is Rowling we're talking about. Her goblins are thinly veiled Jewish stereotypes, she has happy house slaves, and the African wizards are literal witch doctors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago Rowling was always known to be slightly racist but people mostly dismissed it as a sort of fantastically stupid racism. As in, the "ha ha this racist stereotype is so dumb, see how ridiculous it looks when I put it in my wizard book" sort. I don't think it was until she started going full TERF that people began to realise that she's not making fun of the stereotypes; she actually thinks casual racism is a funny and cute thing to do. permalink fedilink source parent [–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago And they would be called Rodrigo Rodríguez permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago Rowling was always known to be slightly racist but people mostly dismissed it as a sort of fantastically stupid racism. As in, the "ha ha this racist stereotype is so dumb, see how ridiculous it looks when I put it in my wizard book" sort. I don't think it was until she started going full TERF that people began to realise that she's not making fun of the stereotypes; she actually thinks casual racism is a funny and cute thing to do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago And they would be called Rodrigo Rodríguez permalink fedilink source parent
[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 8 points 1 year ago 50 Shades of Grey was a Twilight fanfic. What I'm saying is, my good sir... Youre onto something magical here. permalink fedilink source parent
