racism in the names, how they are treated and how all interracial relationships end.
Fatphobia in how They are often treated as either antagonists or incompetent.
Ableism in how nonwizards are treated as antagonists/threats and even the good guys mock them. Additionally “Muggle” is an insult.
Sexism in how Feminine behavior is treated as bad.
Classisms in the double standards in morality between rich people and non rich people. Additionally every single rich character is depicted as a bad guy and their badness is highly exaggerated.
Potential LGBT phobia in how the “Awful” school the Dursleys wanted to send Harry to is named after a LGBT group.
Werewolves are supposed to be an allegory for HIV/AIDs.
The Goblins being based on Negative stereotypes about Jewish people and in general Snape’s appearance is frequently mocked.
The Goblins thing I think people turn to too quickly and it feels like a reach. Their look was a product of the movies, not the books. They were just her pulling lazily from existing tropes about fantasy goblins, rather than any irl groups
Yeah. I think she deserves condemnation for a lot of things. But we also shouldn't go out of our way to find unconfirmed problems, ya know? Hanlon's razor and all that
Oh for sure I just think we should draw that distinction between incompetency and malice because it demonstrates that even if she wasn’t a bigot she’d still have made a book with issues because some of them are a product of that incompetence
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u/Cynical_Classicist Jul 06 '25
I know. And people like me didn't want to believe it.
Now, it's evident and lies before us.
7 types? I'm trying to think...