GrumpyRabbit on Nostr: This casting totally changes the message of the story, from "Snape is disliked ...
This casting totally changes the message of the story, from "Snape is disliked because he's weird" to "Snape is disliked because he's non-white." It also recasts those who don't like him as "racists."
Casting Snape as Black FORCES the situation to be such that culture issues unrelated to the project overshadow the project.
https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1919358232629297559 
Published at
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