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    contains veiled racism and fascist undertones that go right over the head of average people

    You got any examples of it promoting these ideas and not not being a negative critique of them? All the examples of bigotry and authoritarianism in the books and films are rightfully portrayed negatively; not something to celebrate.

    • Net_Runner :~$
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      75 days ago

      The goblins are Jewish caricatures first and foremost, and most obviously. I thought we as a society knew that most portrayals of goblins have always been antisemitic, but that’s aside from every other character in HP being some kind of stereotype metaphor. There’s a reason that became a meme, and is still a meme. i.e., stuff like, “JK has announced that her newest character, John Gayman, is a gay man!” for a rough example.

      I don’t particularly agree with every single thing listed here, but these are some more examples to mull over: https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughJKRowling/comments/kaxw28/i_made_a_list_of_examples_of_racism_prejudice_and/

      • @jsomae@lemmy.ml
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        Yeahh, people talk about the goblins being anti-semitic but honestly they don’t seem any more anti-semitic to me than typical goblins. Like, yeah, goblins in fantasy are all vaguely anti-semitic, sure. Wato from star wars is way more anti-semitic.

        What gets me is Seamus Finnigan. That guy’s a walking stereotype.