Celeb News: Rowling: Racists and Idiots against Black Hermione

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J.K. Rowling has decried critics of the casting of a black actress as Hermione as "a bunch of racists."

The Guardian reported that the "Harry Potter" author talked to The Observer about the complaints surrounding the selection of award-winning actress Noma Dumezweni to play the character in "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" on the London stage. The loudest critics have come via social media.

African actress will play Hermione Granger in new Harry Potter play

"With my experience of social media, I thought that idiots were going to idiot," Rowling said in the interview. "But what can you say? That's the way the world is. Noma was chosen because she was the best actress for the job."

Rowling said she is fully supportive of the casting.

"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, which I have a great deal of difficulty with. But I decided not to get too agitated about it and simply state quite firmly that Hermione can be a black woman with my absolute blessing and enthusiasm."

In December Rowling addressed the online outcry by tweeting "white skin was never specified" and that she "loves black Hermione."

Canon: brown eyes, frizzy hair and very clever. White skin was never specified. Rowling loves black Hermione �� https://t.co/5fKX4InjTH
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 21, 2015
Previews for "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" begin Tuesday at the Palace Theatre in London, with the official opening July 30.

The Charmed Ones

Poor ATRL!

Humunukuapua

Okay Joanne

HEARTCORE

Avada KevadavHA Queen

itsAllen

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Originally posted by HEARTCORE

Crucio them Queen

More like expecto patronum

Outlaws

AP and closed.

Feanor

Finite incantatam them haters queen

Sandcastle

Yass tell them, Queen!

itsAllen

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Originally posted by Outlaws

AP and closed.

It's simply reporting the news

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.

Kayhan

the problem is not racism here i think. many people around the world are used to a white hermione

PoKiTaurus

The fudge I thought this franchise was over.

Sparking up hype with a controversy I see.

OnikaChrist

HEARTCORE

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Originally posted by PoKiTaurus

The fudge I thought this franchise was over.

Sparking up hype with a controversy I see.

PressedTTT

bijonse

clock them

Humunukuapua

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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.

Right! The fact that the definition of racism has been so watered down

It's not about race, it's about appearance and she doesn't look like the Hermione we all know.

Diarrhoea

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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.

Right?

It's not a big deal but she's so extra.

WestCoast

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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.

THIS.

Hazard

Hermione transcends race...Only racists would see an issue with a Black Hermione...

HEARTCORE

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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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Originally posted by Humunukuapua

Right! The fact that the definition of racism has been so watered down

It's not about race, it's about appearance and she doesn't look like the Hermione we all know.

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.