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[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

The art isn't the problem

Yeah, it's not like you have anything like

  • Two Indian characters named after the region they're supposed to be from
  • Stereotypically named Irish character obsessed with blowing stuff up and making alcohol
  • An Asian character named "cho chang"
  • Bankers that are barely disguised anti-Semitic tropes
  • Literally a tweet saying only “Anthony Goldstein, Ravenclaw, Jewish wizard.” in response to accusations of no Jewish wizards
  • Naming the black adult "Shacklebolt"
[–] janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

what's with the shacklebolt one? is it like shackles as a nod to slavery or what?

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

Yeah, that's my only explanation for that kind of a name for a black person. Whether or not it was intentional, I have to assume she's massively racist, as are all of her editors/publisher. Too many people has the opportunity to say 'what the fuck, lady', and it still went to print.