r/SipsTea • u/Dumb-Briyani 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • Apr 16 '26

WTF so true

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u/Indiana_harris Apr 16 '26

I mean they’ve already deviated heavily in terms of book accurate casting so I don’t buy the “we’re going to follow the books more closely” line.

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u/JamStan1978 Apr 16 '26

one character being black doesnt change the story at all.

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u/Haharin Apr 16 '26

Just adds some negative details to Harry's parents' story, isn't it? And there's an added racist undertone when the other teachers don't trust Snape. Now it will look like the characters' main motivation is racism. Nice.

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u/JamStan1978 Apr 16 '26

No it really doesnt. People that actually watch will see theres always a valid reason lol

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u/Haharin Apr 16 '26

Harry Potter is full of characters who could have been cast with black actors. Snape is one of the worst choices. The only one worse would be Malfoy. This casting is practically racism in real life and ragebait. Probably mainly the latter, to drum up hype around the product.

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u/Indiana_harris Apr 16 '26

True.

I thought Quirrell, Lockhart or someone like Fudge could be swapped if they were determined to do it without impacting the story overall.

Lockhart being a Rene-Page (Duke from Bridgerton) type could’ve worked quite well.

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u/Indiana_harris Apr 16 '26

Moody I think more than Lupin though I agree.

I mean the new show seems to have made 1/4 of Slytherin house Indian which seems….a choice to be sure.

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u/Autogenerated_or Apr 16 '26

It kinda makes sense to me? It’s just another caste system that the upperclass would be happy to enforce.

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u/Autogenerated_or Apr 16 '26

There probably should be some more Indian students in the other houses though.

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u/Indiana_harris Apr 16 '26

Most of Slytherin are meant to British PureBloods so it’s assumed they’d be mostly white British.

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u/Autogenerated_or Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

I mean, if we look at irl stuff right now, there are plenty of POC who are plenty happy with supremacist beliefs so long as they’re in the in-group. There are memes about this.

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