I want to see how horrific you can make this one.
Found this stat from Michael Nania. He also notes:
“None of the top prospects in this year's class are anywhere near those numbers. Of R1-R2 guys, London is highest at 23.8% - but that's not problematic. Chase (26.4%), Metcalf (26.2%), Claypool (24.1%) Higgins (23.0%) are closest to that
30%+ is where you need to start worrying”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzffpeYnv-w
An episode of Jon Stewart's podcast where he discusses the experience of being a Jewish person while watching the Gringotts Bank scenes in Harry Potter. The Gringotts Bank is run by goblins that are often criticized for being inspired by anti-Semitic caricatures of Jewish people. The goblins are hook-nosed, long-fingered, greedy creatures that run a bank and control the wizarding world's economy. Jon says he's confused he was that so few people seemed to notice it when it first came out.
Someday Rowling is going to make a sequel where goblins at Gringotts sell black market Polyjuice Potion with girls' hair so that boys can sneak into their bathrooms.
EDIT: The topic is now trending on Twitter and Rowling's TERF stans are predictably mad.
I’ve heard this criticism many years ago but now it’s back in the mainstream. It seems to mainly involve the portrayal of the goblins as bankers in Gringotts. So, is he right? I always saw a criticism of antisemitism as being central to the series since the Death Eaters and Voldemort are based on the Third Reich and Hitler. I would like an answer to this question because I think is desperately needed now and I want to know if is true (since the consequences are stupendous).
Sorry for the basic question, I am new to the sub
Since her rise from single mother to literary superstar, J.K. Rowling has used her talents and stature as a writer to fight inequality on both a local and global level. Herself the frequent object of censorship in schools and libraries across the globe, as well as online targeting, Rowling has emerged as a vocal proponent of free expression and access to literature and ideas for children, as well as incarcerated people, the learning disabled, and women and girls worldwide. -- PEN AMERICA
https://youtu.be/S18D6pc38aU
The Problem With Goblins: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter, & Jews
Black Dude: Jon, every time we talk, you know I've been to Bar Mitzvah.
Jon Stewart: Have you been to Bar Mitzvah?
Black Dude: I found the two Jewish people in Mississippi and I befriended them.
Stewart: I think it's a wise choice. What was a Bar Mitzvah in Mississippi? Just out of curiosity?
Black Dude: It was fun. A lot of fried food.
Stewart: See, back in the day before Bar Mitzvah became a thing, you just did them in the back of the synagogue. Like you did your thing. You had to read from the Torah. And then everybody would have like pound cake and you go in the back room. But now today it's- ..
Black Dude: Nicki Minaj goes to them.
White Dude: It's a prom.
Stewart: It's not even a prom. It's – it's more like a demonstration of Gatsby-esque – It's basically like saying, "The Jews have arrived." "And we are going to dazzle you with the excess."
Black Dude: The Jews have arrived. That's - What chapter of Harry Potter is that in? That's one of - That's when they get to Gringotts, right?
Stewart: - Can I tell you something about Harry Potter?
White Dude: - That is wild thing.
Stewart: Here's how you know, and this is a whole thing and you don't have to use this, but this is true. Here's how you know -
Black Dude: - Use it.
Stewart: Like Jews are still where they are. Talking to people, what I say is, "Have you ever seen a Harry Potter movie?" And people are all like, "I love the Harry Potter movies." I'm like, "You ever see the scenes in Gringotts Bank?" They're like, "I love the scenes in Gringotts Bank." Like, "Do you know what those folks that run the bank are?" And they're like, "What?" And then like- "Jews."
Black Dude: And then that person says, "No goblins." And then you go, "Do you hear yourself?"
Stewart: Let me show you this - from, it's "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion." I just want to show you a caricature and they're like, "Oh, look at that. That's from Harry Potter." You're like, "No. That's a caricature of a Jew from an anti-Semitic piece of literature." J.K. Rowling was like, "Can we get these guys to run our bank?" And you're like, "This is it's a wizarding world." - It's a world where it's like-
White Dude: - You can imagine anything.
Stewart: The train station has a half a thing and no one can see it. And we can ride dragons and you've got a pet owl.
White Dude: -
... keep reading on reddit ➡Huh? What do you mean Harry Potter is intrinsically bigoted in a variety of different ways and buying Rowling's books and other media is actively contributing to her wealth and consequently her ability to take basic human rights away from trans people?
