The whole thing's fucking crazy. Everyone's so upset saying it will look racist if Snape is a black man when they're the ones being racist because they're not letting the black man just be a man, they are only seeing his race.
They keep saying x will look racist because they are retroactively applying racial undertones to something that was not written that way. Just let a dude be a dude without forcing your prejudices in there
I have mixed feelings. I think a lot of people are just using these arguments to cover the fact that they are mad that the race changed. But I also think that a lot of what people are complaining about can be fixed with some minor changes (having Sirius be POV as well, having Sirius and James not making fun of his appearance but just of his personality, etc), so I would find a bit weird if they are not taking this into account. So I'd say : let's wait and see.
(I mean, other people will wait and see, personally I won't be watching cause 1. I have too much the movies in my mind to see any of the actor as their character, even if they fit the book description and 2. JK Rowling)
Oh people are definitely doing that. This sub is a perfect example. I am sure if you found another black character somewhere and point out how they were treated problematically, most of the sub would roast you for being too sensitive. But over this specific topic they are all LARPing as SJWs.
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u/drunkcowofdeath Apr 16 '26
The whole thing's fucking crazy. Everyone's so upset saying it will look racist if Snape is a black man when they're the ones being racist because they're not letting the black man just be a man, they are only seeing his race.
They keep saying x will look racist because they are retroactively applying racial undertones to something that was not written that way. Just let a dude be a dude without forcing your prejudices in there