Rowling Offends Native Americans

[spongebending.livejournal.com]

I don't know if anyone on here heard about it, but Rowling is writing a new series of sorts called the History of Magic in America.

Not only does she seem to have done barely any research at all on American history (if there are any Americans on here, check it out and have a laugh!), but she also seems to have caused a bit of controversy as many Native Americans have found her portrayal of them to be backwards and offensive.

Can't say I'm surprised, I've always felt that in Potter fans could reread the books without their nostalgia goggles on they'd find the series has a lot of unfortunate implications and overall nastiness. Without the protective shield of nostalgia, it seems that people are starting to see the many of the faults of Rowling's writing that this community has been pointing out for years.

Comments

What?

[satchitb.livejournal.com]

How has JKR described real people in Fantastic Beasts and not real people in HP proper? HP proper is based on traditions in English folklore and Fantastic Beasts partly on Native American folklore. Neither kind of magic is real, even if somebody believes in them. I found the views expressed on CBC radio show incoherent. I am rather disappointed in the apparent lack of Native American characters, because that would be an interesting direction to go in (which I personally haven't seen before) but I understand that an Englishwoman would write a Eurocentric story.

And if you mention Avatar: The Last Airbender, I hope you're referring to the TV series and not the film, because the film is super racist (I'm Indian, and it's disappointing coming from M. Night Shyamalan, who's of Indian origin).

Re: What?

[spongebending.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was I talking about the show.

I try to bleach the existence of the live-action movie from my memory! :)