Harry Potter's Racism

[Anonymous]

Many Asians know ridiculous and racism stuffs in Harry potter while most of non-Asian people can't even notice it.

Since many of users here are not Asians, let me make you feel it by reversing the race.

First of all, there are only 3 white people appears in the story (including the sequels).

First one is a white girl whose name is 'Blah Ble'. Her role in the story was to betray the protagonist.

Second one is also a white girl whose name is 'Unicorn Smith'. Her role was some bad Asian guy's pet horse.

The last one is also a white girl whose name is 'British Island'.

Guess where she's from?! British Island! wow! o and Can't remember her role.

Lastly, The only historic magic school exists in the "Western civilization" is "Magic place magic school". It's located in US. Fyi) There are lots of magic schools in Asian countries such as "Hogwart magic school" or "Dumstrang magic school".

"Magic place magic school" is located in US, and students there use the magic Yodel song. Wow!

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The name Chochang is not Chinese name. Some people guess it's may be a combination of Korean last names, but it's not true. The most similar names can be just Jo and Jang. May be some peculiar parents can name their daughter like "Hey, we must name our daughter with only Korean last names, but not exactly Korean last names! ", but not likely. Most persuasive opinion is that this wannabe Asian name sounds just resembles 'ChingChangchong'.

The name Nagini is originated from Naga which is a snake Goddess in Indian mythology. Her role was Voldemort's pet.

The name Yazou means Asia in Chinese. Wow how original? Few Asians appeared and one's name is Asia.

Finally, it is mentioned that the only historic magic school in Asia is "mahotokoro magic school" which is located in Japan, and the students there use magic carpets just like in Aladin.

Sadly, mahtokoro means just "magic place" in Japanese, so it sounds pretty ridiculous to Japanese students at there: "MagicPlace magic school". Also, Japan is far from Aladin's culture even though both Japan and Soudi Arabia are geographically included in Asia.

[IlyaTheImpaler]

So I decided to read Harry Potter when I was like 9 because of all the fuss I heard from the neighbor kid. The first time I saw the name Cho Chang, the representative Asian love interest, I almost choked on my cereal from laughing. It is just two syllables and one transposition away from Ching Chong 😂😂😂 I thought everyone must have seen this, right? so I always tell people I find Jk rolling's imagination lacking but I do realize that the author herself probably wasn't educated and in her era the internet wasn't what it is today so it's hard to write interesting fantasy if you are not educated 😂. I also found out later that the neighbor kid was diagnosed with some sort of learning disability 🤔

[esotericstory]

This mytake was a blast to read. I enjoyed it. Thanks for pointing this out though. Never really liked harry potter much. Its interesting to me how in anime you always get a fairly accurate representation, albeit sometimes, funny of western things.

[myTake Owner]

Thank you

[ILoveAnime]

OMG, I had never realised this. I'm... shook, honestly.

[myTake Owner]

Thank you

[ILoveAnime]

You're... welcome? I really didn't do anything but thanks :)

[myTake Owner]

:) Thanks for reading all and commenting! and thanks for your nice manner as well!

[ILoveAnime]

Well, thank you :). You're so nice too <3

[PeterB1517]

Since you're Asian, you should know how to paragraph your writing.

[myTake Owner]

Since you are a 41 year old American, you should know better than using "paragraph" as a verb.

[Anonymous]

Agreed. There's also a lot of racism in Bollywood.

[myTake Owner]

Thank you