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Celeb News: Rowling: Racists and Idiots against Black Hermione
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FVK WHITE SUPREMACY AND SOCIETY !!
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Build a bridge and get the **** over it. If the author of the series is fine with a black Hermione, then the opposing opinion is entirely irrelevant.
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Originally posted by HEARTCORE
Hermione is never stated to be white in the books, the films were not a direct book-to-movie representation. The fact that you assumed that she was white simply because it was never stated she was black pretty much indicates your subtly racist thinking.
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So assuming a British character is white is racist now? isn't like 90% of the UK population white? 
Anyway, I don't care what color is her skin, I just want her to be curly.
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She's right. Anyone who disagrees with the casting choice is undeniably a racist.  Get the **** over yourselves.
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It's not about her skin color, it's about litterally the entire cast looking nothing like the characters we're used to seeing in the movies. If I was watching it, I'd be confused because I wouldn't know who is who.
Again, this wouldn't be a problem at all if these plays were made before the movie, but because we already know what Harry, Ron, Hermione, etc. look like, and this cast looks nothing like them at all, it's confusing. Regardless though, I'm happy for her.
But what I'm trying to say is like, would you want a white person playing Barack Obama?
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Originally posted by brIt-()nstar
What are you saying?
Have you seen the post of JK about Hermione having frizzly hair which confused a whole lot of her fans on what's canon?
JK asked for that. Should've started with the Best Hermione Actress argument so we hired her and ended with that. Instead she challenged canon truth. Canon warriors will snatchd her weave with just a research and that's why she 's mad calling everybody who disagree with her racists or idiots because they exposed her.
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Regardless of what she said first, the point is that it's not going against the canon. Foremost, the movies are not canon, as they've already proved through various changes that they made that contradict the book. And, as said many times before, Hermione was never white in the books. There's as much evidence as to her being black as there is to her being white.
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Originally posted by RoyalT
So assuming a British character is white is racist now? isn't like 90% of the UK population white?
Anyway, I don't care what color is her skin, I just want her to be curly. |
Kicking up a fuss cause she's being portrayed as black is racist.
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Originally posted by Su-Barbie-A
White people riot when a POC gets or has the chance to play a character that was mainly portrayed by white actors but when directors white wash a character they make a bunch of excuses. |
That pipping hawt cup of tea
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Originally posted by EveryoneLovesMe
It's not about her skin color, it's about litterally the entire cast looking nothing like the characters were used to seeing in the movies. If I was watching it, I'd be confused because I wouldn't know who is who.
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Yet POC have to deal with this every single time a white person gets casted for characters that we're all used to being colored (INCLUDING REAL people that were REALLY colored in REAL life), but we never get any justice and yalls excuse is always "well white actors are just more talented than colored ones. They just chose the best most qualified actor for the job. Talent always wins!"
Well I'm sorry but it looks like the best actor for the job this time was a black woman for once. Talent always wins indeed. Yall can remain bothered. Hermione is now black and it's canon. Deal with it. 
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Originally posted by Su-Barbie-A
AKA I don't agree.
Miss me with that white ally bs.
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The aggressivity  Do you hate me ? 
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Originally posted by EveryoneLovesMe
It's not about her skin color, it's about litterally the entire cast looking nothing like the characters we're used to seeing in the movies. If I was watching it, I'd be confused because I wouldn't know who is who.
Again, this wouldn't be a problem at all if these plays were made before the movie, but because we already know what Harry, Ron, Hermione, etc. look like, and this cast looks nothing like them at all, it's confusing. Regardless though, I'm happy for her.
But what I'm trying to say is like, would you want a white person playing Barack Obama?
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...Obama is a real person...
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Originally posted by thirdward
...Obama is a real person...
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The flawed logic I can't
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Originally posted by zayngomez
omg she was a black boy in her 3rd year? i love warner for making such a great statement towards gender fluidity
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That's a girl, don't be so rude.
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Originally posted by EveryoneLovesMe
But what I'm trying to say is like, would you want a white person playing Barack Obama?
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That comparison is RIDICULOUS. Obama is a real person, Hermione is a character that can be portrayed in whatever way you choose.
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Originally posted by EveryoneLovesMe
It's not about her skin color, it's about litterally the entire cast looking nothing like the characters we're used to seeing in the movies. If I was watching it, I'd be confused because I wouldn't know who is who.
Again, this wouldn't be a problem at all if these plays were made before the movie, but because we already know what Harry, Ron, Hermione, etc. look like, and this cast looks nothing like them at all, it's confusing. Regardless though, I'm happy for her.
But what I'm trying to say is like, would you want a white person playing Barack Obama?
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Baby it's a play, it's not like the girl playing Hermione in the movie became black out of the blue.
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Get in JK.
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Originally posted by Su-Barbie-A
White people riot when a POC gets or has the chance to play a character that was mainly portrayed by white actors but when directors white wash a character they make a bunch of excuses. |
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Originally posted by cloudinthesky
Yet POC have to deal with this every single time a white person gets casted for characters that we're all used to being colored (INCLUDING REAL people that were REALLY colored in REAL life), but we never get any justice and yalls excuse is always "well white actors are just more talented than colored ones. They just chose the best most qualified actor for the job. Talent always wins!"
Well I'm sorry but it looks like the best actor for the job this time was a black woman for once. Talent always wins indeed. Yall can remain bothered. Hermione is now black and it's canon. Deal with it. |
What I'm trying to say though is that this isn't racism. It's not racist to say that Hermione (a white character) isn't black, In the same way it's not homophobic to say that Elsa (a straight character) isn't lesbian.
People were complaining just as much when they casted a girl with black hair as Annabeth in the Percy Jackson movies. They weren't being discriminatory towards people with dark hair, it's just that the character in the story didn't have black hair. It's the same here.
You cast people who act well and look the part, it's just the way Hollywood is.
If a character doesn't already have an established look, then anyone can be that charecter. But we're talking about characters the public already knows and expects to look a certain way. I have nothing against the actress though, like I've said before I'm very happy for her, and she's very talented, and if that's what they want to do, that's their choice.
But like imagine watching a movie, then watching the sequel only to find out that the cast completly changed, and now they look absolutely nothing like the old cast so you're left confused, not knowing who's who and it becomes hard to watch.
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Originally posted by DoubleDutchess
Get in JK.
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Originally posted by EveryoneLovesMe
But what I'm trying to say is like, would you want a white person playing Barack Obama?
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Originally posted by EveryoneLovesMe
What I'm trying to say though is that this isn't racism. It's not rasict to say that Hermione (a white character) isn't black, In the same way it's not homophobic to say that Elsa (a straight character) isn't lesbian.
People were complaining just as much when they casted a girl with black hair as Annabeth in the Percy Jackson movies. They weren't being discriminatory twoards people with dark hair, it's just that the character in the story didn't have black hair.
You cast people who act well and look the part, it's just the way Hollywood is.
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 Yet Hermione isn't written as specifically white and Elsa isn't written as specifically straight. You are choosing really bad examples for your point. Also, Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom in the films) made a great point that there was no uproar about him playing Neville, despite the character being described as blonde in the books.
There is literally NOTHING wrong with Hermione being black in the stage production. Nothing, nada, zip. People who have a problem with it are showing their racist bias and it's ridiculous.
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