Remember the Hunger Games fiasco where some idiot complained that one of the characters was white but in reality the book stated clearly that the girl was black?  We now have more foolishness with the Harry Potter play which I am really excited about and thinking about flying to London to see once more tickets open up.

Seriously, if the founder of the Harry Potter concept is okay with having a black Hermoine, the rest of you all should be fine with it to.  She wrote and created the darn story after all.  So what if the cover art shows a white child as Hermoine, the artist drew what she wanted but she did not create the Potter universe so everyone needs to take a chill pill.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child announces lead cast – http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35149864

Hermione Granger to be played by black actress Noma Dumezweni, sparking fan debate – http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35150488/hermione-granger-to-be-played-by-black-actress-noma-dumezweni-sparking-fan-debate

It’s like the debate from a few years ago which was black baby Jesus versus white baby Jesus in the nativity scene.  Seriously, we were not around when Jesus was walking the earth, who knows what color his skin was.  He might have been like Plessy from Plessy v. Fergueson who was 7/8 white and 1/8 black.  He might have decided to be white one day and black the next – after all he was the son of God who died and came back to life in three days so frankly he probably had powers to do just about anything he wanted to in a philanthropic and non-intrusive manner.

What I am trying to say on the subject is – it is Christmas and the holidays so can we have one holiday season where we put aside race issues and just be happy that we are all alive and the aliens have not invaded us and wipes us out yet?  Wait a second, maybe we should all be excited that we have not caused our own apocalyptic death.

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