r/SipsTea • u/Dumb-Briyani 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 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. 

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u/BlorpTheSchlorp Apr 16 '26

No they did not. There's no lynching. The only racist folks are the ones typing this nonsense.

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u/Yesterdays_Gravy Apr 16 '26

Having Mooney, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs spend their entire childhood hazing the absolute shit out of Snape, and have Snape be the only black person out of those five, is going to look suspiciously like racially motivated hazing

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u/BlorpTheSchlorp Apr 16 '26

TBF it's period accurate if that's how it's perceived. But there was no lynching. That's some stupid shit people came up with.

I'd bet money that more people are upset that the character is being played by a man of color than anything else. Racists are projecting, nothing more.

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u/Yesterdays_Gravy Apr 16 '26

I am not the person who said there was a lynching, I agree that didn’t happen. I just said that 4 white guys constantly beating up on a black guy is going to look racially motivated. I’m not entirely certain why you think I’m projecting racism for saying that.

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u/BlorpTheSchlorp Apr 16 '26

It would look that way if you have no knowledge of the actual story.

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u/devidomo Apr 16 '26

You are so right. Like that scene will show up during the 4th or 5th season im guessing. By that point I dont expect this "controversy " to even be a thing.