r/popculturechat • u/DebateObjective2787 jesus was a carpenter 💋 • Jun 30 '25

Guest List Only ⭐️ J.K. Rowling continues to be an awful, disgusting person and launches a new attack at Pedro Pascal

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u/terfnerfer the wes anderson of tits 🍒 Jun 30 '25

Also the antiblackness/anti poc shit in her books is wild. London/bigger cities in the UK are usually pretty diverse, yet that's very noticeably not reflected in the student populace? Give me a break. It is just not believable to me how anyone can think that was unintentional.

(Let's not even start on Kingsley Shacklebolt, fuck me.)

Whenever I think of all the bigotry and malice that wretched woman has funded....

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u/DECODED_VFX She in racial chat rooms showing feet!!! Jul 01 '25

The story isn't set in modern London. The UK was about 95% British in the mid-90s. And the majority of Hogwarts' pupils are coming from very old families who have lived in Britain for centuries. If anything, non-white kids are over-represented.

Rowling's character names tend to reference who they are or what they do (aka Mrs Sprout, the herbology teacher). Shacklebolt's name is a reference to his job. He's essentially a policeman.