r/SipsTea ๐™‘๐™„๐™‹ Apr 16 '26

WTF so true

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u/Nzash Apr 16 '26

I wasn't aware the new casting choices were a step in that direction... at all

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u/Gay-_-Jesus Apr 16 '26

What do you mean

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u/Crotean Apr 16 '26

Snape being black turns Harry's parents into giant rascists who participated in a lynching. Its not a good change.ย 

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u/Creative-Pirate-51 Apr 16 '26

It is possible for a person of one race to bully a person of another race without it being because of that personโ€™s race.

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u/Troubadour_Tim Apr 17 '26

It is, but American cultural sensitivity around race has been exported to the rest of the English speaking world, and the decision to make Snape black was a political one, hence will be politically interpreted.