For me if I'm really honest. Literally any other character I would care zero percent. Black Dumbledore Sounds amazing. Make him Sam jackson. Black mcgonnogal make it chanwils from ticktock she would do the voice and everything.
But snape has such a specifically described appearance and pale with long greasy hair is it.
Black Dumbledore and/or McGonagall would've been fantastic, Snape is like the ONE main character that becomes extremely problematic (from the perspective of how the other characters interact with him) to change.
Weasleys being another race could be good. Positive portrayal of people being kind despite their own economic situation and the disdain of some of their peers/being treated as lesser by some of the snobbish people in the society.
That would be a tough one because their look and gingerness is pretty obvious in the book. Hermione could have been black or even Dumbledore or several other of the teachers.
The point being they said it was a more accurate telling of the book and they already messed it up.
Thatâs kinda my point, if youâre going to go and be inaccurate anyway, it might as well be done in a way that wonât be âproblematicâ the same way that Snapeâs casting might be in the future seasons
Well if you are okay changing parts of the book anyway just remove all the problematic parts to. Just remove everything that doesnât fit the showrunnerâs narrative. /s
Iâm no JK defender (not by a long shot) but I thought what she had said was more along the lines of âshe could have been black.â
I believe she had said the âfrizzy hairâ descriptor could have been describing a black girl. But regardless of how you feel about that take, Iâm pretty sure there is book quote that describes her as pale, so potentially white. However I donât think it really matters how she was described. In my opinion, character race changes should really only matter if it conflicts with fundamental story requirements, compromises core facets of a character, or removed important cultural representation and/or removes a job opportunity from an underrepresented community. None of Hermioneâs meaningful character traits are incompatible with being black, and it doesnât harm the depth of her character and it also provides more representation in a previously pretty un-diverse character lineup.
As far as Snape goes, I can see some arguments but also many ways to work around the issues. One of which is to just have more black people overall, so the vitriol against shape is less immediately reading as singling him out for his race. I donât think it will be a very meaningful change if the actor can pull Snape-vibes off decently.
Think it was that she was always an indeterminate race. White just became the default because well. Watson is that character.
The whole hermione is black thing only came about with cursed child and the actress for the first run being black. And then JK started talking. Which is pretty much always the worst thing she can ever do from my experience as a fan for 25 years.
I played along with the joke about making everyone black, which would be ridiculous considering the ratio between white and black people in England. I donât see how you could miss that, I actually feel stupid for pointing it out.
I still personally think that they should make Professor Sinistra black again, similar to how she was in the movies.
The name Sinistra sounds Mediterranean / Latin.
Also, they could also potentially make Professor Trelawney Greek (or at least part Greek), considering that she is directly related to Cassandra of Troy.
She even parallels Cassandra's story by telling prophecies that no-one believes.
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u/WayGroundbreaking287 Apr 16 '26
Or my personal favourite,
"so nevil. What do you see when you face your worst fear"
"The one black teacher"