• Snape is Black and I Couldn't Be Happier: How Color Could Help Save the Soul of Harry Potter

  • Apr 19 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
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Snape is Black and I Couldn't Be Happier: How Color Could Help Save the Soul of Harry Potter

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  • Snape is Black. I couldn't be more thrilled. Now, if you make Hermione mixed, you have the right portion to fix some of Rowling's mistakes.

    Listen in as we go on a journey to discover 1) why retconning is ok and authorial intent always rules the day, 2) how a Black Snape and a Mixed-Race Hermione can address the lack of race in a racist society, and 3) the failure of S.P.E.W. We touch on everything from Gone With the Wind, Tolkien and the Hobbit, transphobia, elevating Black stories, the lack of character depth, to Rowling's neoliberalism. Harry Potter isn't a perfect story, but the potential in it is endless...

    Hop on your broomstick and come along!...
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