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Celeb News: Rowling: Racists and Idiots against Black Hermione
Member Since: 1/2/2014
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Member Since: 1/2/2014
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Originally posted by Saintlor
If she wanted to be so accepting of everybody, why didn't she just make the original Hermoine black?
It's so transparent that she's bandwagoning to get attention and love from SJWs.
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Nope. You're just an unintelligible fool. You use the term 'SJW' to trivialise actual important, progressive, ideas - this makes you feel more comfortable to proclaim your ignorant views. Pick up a book and educate yourself, do a reading on complex racism, school/college clearly didn't work for you.
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Member Since: 3/25/2012
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Originally posted by Ares
A good theatre production is color blind with it's casting. Do you know how many POC have played Shakespearean characters that were white in the original production?
Get over it. It's a play, a play most of you won't see, based on fictional characters. They chose the best actress for the job. (As I'm sure white women auditioned for the part as well)
All this outrage. For what? I'm an HP stan, and yes when I read the books Hermione was white in my head. Mainly because she was white in the movies. But in this medium she's being played by a black actress. That literally has no effect on how you're personally allowed for perceive Hermione.
If this play had casted Dean Thomas as a hot British white man I'm sure the tone of the detractors would be very different. |
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Originally posted by Kamren
I just can't @ the people dictating and telling JK Rowling how her characters should be like in HER OWN BOOK SERIES. Wut?  |
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Originally posted by izzy
Rowling herself said that a black actress was chosen to play Hermione in this play because she was the BEST ACTRESS.if someone has problems with that 
yall need some help.Rowling has every right to say whatever the fk she wants about her own characters
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All this tea  Interesting how yall love to pull the "they only chose the BEST actress for the job" card whenever a white person gets cast as a poc, but the very second a poc gets cast as a white person yall are ready to burn people at the stake.  Hypocrites showing their true colors today.
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good for her, I don't care
Harry Potter movies are awful anways, but I love Rowling as a person, she seems very nice and smart 
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Member Since: 3/14/2013
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I find it odd that some members call her pandering and transparent when it comes to issues like this (including the instance of Dumbledore being gay and now this black Hermione); and yet none of you have an issue of Lavender Brown changing races during the series of films. You reek of heteronormative double standards, including some strands of racism.
Like, get over it. Rowling was being attacked for allowing this to happen, so she spoke up and said that it was a case of the best actress getting the job. Pure and simple; the color had nothing to with who Hermione is. Trying to make a case of her being white when there's just as equal amount of evidence of her being black is an oxymoron. And don't even get me started on how moronic some of you are, trying to use the facial expression "her white face" as literal. Have none of you ever taken an English Literature class?
Plus the only thing that's actual canon is the books. The films may have been relative accurate adaptions of the books but the interpretations of the characters was never set in stone ever (the only one thing that was set was Dean Thomas, Harry's scar / glasses and Ron's hair color).
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It's just a bloody Play. What the hell is wrong with the world. I rather an actress get a job due to her acting skills than what the color of her skin is. But I do see Hermione as Emma Watson because she's such a huge factor while I was reading the books. But this is just a play! Actors of various skin colours play different characters all the DAMN time. Asian Harry potter next please!
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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When we want more representation for black people in the media: maybe they're not talented enough!!
A talented black actress who's won an Olivier Award for theatre is cast as Hermione: we didn't imagine her as black/the movies have a white girl/general racist BS.
This is the woman chosen for the job and you can all stay pressed. It's your own fault for assuming all characters are white when there isn't a description of their race, black girls can also be super smart with curly hair too
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Originally posted by Troye
I find it odd that some members call her pandering and transparent when it comes to issues like this (including the instance of Dumbledore being gay and now this black Hermione); and yet none of you have an issue of Lavender Brown changing races during the series of films. You reek of heteronormative double standards, including some strands of racism.
Like, get over it. Rowling was being attacked for allowing this to happen, so she spoke up and said that it was a case of the best actress getting the job. Pure and simple; the color had nothing to with who Hermione is. Trying to make a case of her being white when there's just as equal amount of evidence of her being black is an oxymoron. And don't even get me started on how moronic some of you are, trying to use the facial expression "her white face" as literal. Have none of you ever taken an English Literature class?
Plus the only thing that's actual canon is the books. The films may have been relative accurate adaptions of the books but the interpretations of the characters was never set in stone ever (the only one thing that was set was Dean Thomas, Harry's scar / glasses and Ron's hair color). |
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Originally posted by Troye
I find it odd that some members call her pandering and transparent when it comes to issues like this (including the instance of Dumbledore being gay and now this black Hermione); and yet none of you have an issue of Lavender Brown changing races during the series of films. You reek of heteronormative double standards, including some strands of racism.
Like, get over it. Rowling was being attacked for allowing this to happen, so she spoke up and said that it was a case of the best actress getting the job. Pure and simple; the color had nothing to with who Hermione is. Trying to make a case of her being white when there's just as equal amount of evidence of her being black is an oxymoron. And don't even get me started on how moronic some of you are, trying to use the facial expression "her white face" as literal. Have none of you ever taken an English Literature class?
Plus the only thing that's actual canon is the books. The films may have been relative accurate adaptions of the books but the interpretations of the characters was never set in stone ever (the only one thing that was set was Dean Thomas, Harry's scar / glasses and Ron's hair color). |
Couldn't have said it any better 
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I can't believe this whole conversation is even a thing. This only shows how western world is still far away from eradicating racism.
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Originally posted by Troye
I find it odd that some members call her pandering and transparent when it comes to issues like this (including the instance of Dumbledore being gay and now this black Hermione); and yet none of you have an issue of Lavender Brown changing races during the series of films. You reek of heteronormative double standards, including some strands of racism.
Like, get over it. Rowling was being attacked for allowing this to happen, so she spoke up and said that it was a case of the best actress getting the job. Pure and simple; the color had nothing to with who Hermione is. Trying to make a case of her being white when there's just as equal amount of evidence of her being black is an oxymoron. And don't even get me started on how moronic some of you are, trying to use the facial expression "her white face" as literal. Have none of you ever taken an English Literature class?
Plus the only thing that's actual canon is the books. The films may have been relative accurate adaptions of the books but the interpretations of the characters was never set in stone ever (the only one thing that was set was Dean Thomas, Harry's scar / glasses and Ron's hair color). |
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Originally posted by Troye
I find it odd that some members call her pandering and transparent when it comes to issues like this (including the instance of Dumbledore being gay and now this black Hermione); and yet none of you have an issue of Lavender Brown changing races during the series of films. You reek of heteronormative double standards, including some strands of racism.
Like, get over it. Rowling was being attacked for allowing this to happen, so she spoke up and said that it was a case of the best actress getting the job. Pure and simple; the color had nothing to with who Hermione is. Trying to make a case of her being white when there's just as equal amount of evidence of her being black is an oxymoron. And don't even get me started on how moronic some of you are, trying to use the facial expression "her white face" as literal. Have none of you ever taken an English Literature class?
Plus the only thing that's actual canon is the books. The films may have been relative accurate adaptions of the books but the interpretations of the characters was never set in stone ever (the only one thing that was set was Dean Thomas, Harry's scar / glasses and Ron's hair color). |
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Congrats to the actress <3
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I can't believe y'all are still arguing over this. The actress is black and there's nothing your bitching and moaning is going to do about it. Time to deal.
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Originally posted by Troye
I find it odd that some members call her pandering and transparent when it comes to issues like this (including the instance of Dumbledore being gay and now this black Hermione); and yet none of you have an issue of Lavender Brown changing races during the series of films. You reek of heteronormative double standards, including some strands of racism.
Like, get over it. Rowling was being attacked for allowing this to happen, so she spoke up and said that it was a case of the best actress getting the job. Pure and simple; the color had nothing to with who Hermione is. Trying to make a case of her being white when there's just as equal amount of evidence of her being black is an oxymoron. And don't even get me started on how moronic some of you are, trying to use the facial expression "her white face" as literal. Have none of you ever taken an English Literature class?
Plus the only thing that's actual canon is the books. The films may have been relative accurate adaptions of the books but the interpretations of the characters was never set in stone ever (the only one thing that was set was Dean Thomas, Harry's scar / glasses and Ron's hair color). |
Expose the racist idiots.
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Originally posted by Troye
I find it odd that some members call her pandering and transparent when it comes to issues like this (including the instance of Dumbledore being gay and now this black Hermione); and yet none of you have an issue of Lavender Brown changing races during the series of films. You reek of heteronormative double standards, including some strands of racism.
Like, get over it. Rowling was being attacked for allowing this to happen, so she spoke up and said that it was a case of the best actress getting the job. Pure and simple; the color had nothing to with who Hermione is. Trying to make a case of her being white when there's just as equal amount of evidence of her being black is an oxymoron. And don't even get me started on how moronic some of you are, trying to use the facial expression "her white face" as literal. Have none of you ever taken an English Literature class?
Plus the only thing that's actual canon is the books. The films may have been relative accurate adaptions of the books but the interpretations of the characters was never set in stone ever (the only one thing that was set was Dean Thomas, Harry's scar / glasses and Ron's hair color). |
Preach
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Member Since: 12/22/2010
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Originally posted by brIt-()nstar
I'm an HP stan so don't tell me that. |
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"I had a bunch of racists telling me that because Hermione 'turned white' -- that is, lost (color) from her face after a shock -- that she must be a white woman,
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Welp. The Queen has spoken.
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Go AWF queen 
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Originally posted by TheFireLexus
Welp. The Queen has spoken.
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This just gets better 
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Originally posted by Saintlor
If she wanted to be so accepting of everybody, why didn't she just make the original Hermoine black?
It's so transparent that she's bandwagoning to get attention and love from SJWs.
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right?
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The Queen of controversy
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