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MEDIA | British Racism Finally Presented Properly: New Harry Potter Series Makes Severus Snape Black

HBO’s new Harry Potter series has race-swapped Severus Snape to deep brown skin and a defiant afro, finally letting British audiences experience institutional racism “properly.”

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MEDIA | British Racism Finally Presented Properly: New Harry Potter Series Makes Severus Snape Black

No more awkward half-blood from Cokeworth bullied for being clever and greasy.


Now the Marauders’ hexing is systemic colonialism.

James and Sirius aren’t just posh prats - they’re enforcing white adjacency on the only Black kid in Slytherin who got there on merit.


The “Always” scene?

Lily Ewans, the white feminist, chose the charming Quidditch white boy over the ambitious dark-arts kid from the wrong side of the tracks.


Finally, British racism isn’t hidden behind house-elves or goblins.

Much clearer.


Always.


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