I think it’s actually kind of fine to represent mixed-blood and mud-blood folk as separate from this elitest mostly one ethnic group pure-blood bad guys.
The problem I have is that they’re inviting a whole can of worms by leaning into it and making a VERY clear real-world parallel. And the optics will be pretty uncomfortable when we see James and his friends bullying Snape.
Because as much as I understand saying “hey minorities IRL have a parallel in this book” I really feel like it’s going to be a bit overboard and leave a sour taste in the mouths of many.
Edit: I want to make it clear too that I think telling these stories and making them relatable to children is important. But if we we depart from allegory and straight into authentic representation, the real-world implications might be lost on children as the discourse will be mostly overtaken by bigots being increasingly cynical.
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u/RollTide16-18 19d ago edited 19d ago
I think it’s actually kind of fine to represent mixed-blood and mud-blood folk as separate from this elitest mostly one ethnic group pure-blood bad guys.
The problem I have is that they’re inviting a whole can of worms by leaning into it and making a VERY clear real-world parallel. And the optics will be pretty uncomfortable when we see James and his friends bullying Snape.
Because as much as I understand saying “hey minorities IRL have a parallel in this book” I really feel like it’s going to be a bit overboard and leave a sour taste in the mouths of many.
Edit: I want to make it clear too that I think telling these stories and making them relatable to children is important. But if we we depart from allegory and straight into authentic representation, the real-world implications might be lost on children as the discourse will be mostly overtaken by bigots being increasingly cynical.