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    J.K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' goblins echo Jewish caricatures

    Jan. 6, 2022

    J.K. Rowling’s celebrated "Harry Potter" series of children’s books uses antisemitic tropes. Most people don’t notice this because antisemitic tropes are ubiquitous in our popular culture. But this is a problem much bigger than Rowling.

    Rowling’s novels have often been seen as metaphors for the fight against fascism.

    Indeed, Rowling’s novels have often been seen as metaphors for the fight against fascism. Her main villain, Lord Voldemort, is motivated by a kind of eugenic prejudice against non-magic-users that’s an obvious nod to Nazi ideology.

    But critics have been pointing out for years that the hook-nosed, greedy goblin bankers who run Gringotts Wizarding Bank look a lot like the hook-nosed, greedy Jewish caricatures that have been a hallmark of antisemitic propaganda from the Middle Ages to Der Stürmer.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...es-ncna1287043

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    POUR UNE HISTOIRE DÉBARRASSÉE DES NOMBREUX MENSONGES
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    Hopefully this is just a rumour but knowing how woke J.K Rowling has become it is definitely likely if she's to have a control over it.

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    Haha!

    The first thing that came to mind was, that's a Jewish caricature, when I saw the Goblin bankers in HP!

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