An illustrator has shut down racist internet trolls who bombarded her with abuse after she depicted Harry Potter character Hermione Granger as black.
On Tuesday, Toronto-based Anoosha Syed revealed via Twitter how shed received a horrific backlash after she shared her magical illustration of Hermione, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley to her Tumblr page last month.
Critics unjustifiably accused Syed of black tarring the character and called her a fucking dumbass liberal. They also blasted her for drawing Potter with a darker skin tone.
1) hermione and harry's race is never stated in the books
2) i'll draw whatever i want thanks pic.twitter.com/HtwiLZRkEI
1) hermione and harry's race is never stated in the books
anoosha syed (@foxville_art) September 19, 2017
2) i'll draw whatever i want thanks pic.twitter.com/HtwiLZRkEI
The 23-year-old illustrator, however, had two things to say to her detractors.
She wrote, hermione and harrys race is never stated in the books, before adding, ill draw whatever i want thanks.
Syed drew the characters as she did because thats how I imagined them, she told HuffPost via email. As Im a minority myself its always nice to see yourself represented in the books you read.
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And while she expected one or two people to oppose her interpretation, she said that seeing those comments was a nasty shock.
It was horrifying to see how racist people could be, Syed said. There were also some comments that were trying to be polite, telling me Hermione couldnt be black because of the book covers, or Emma Watson, or any other detail they pulled from the books but their point is the same; if a characters race is not stated they are by default white.
Syed received widespread praise for her takedown of the trolls.
Your HP drawing is perfect!!! Those nasty chumps can crawl back into their dumpster & have a whiney cry fest with the lid closed. #byeee
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Those nasty chumps can crawl back into their dumpster & have a whiney cry fest with the lid closed. #byeee
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Definitely! Your art was awesome and all those commenters were complete racists.
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Your art was awesome and all those commenters were complete racists.
Jessica Trevino (@StirvinoLady) September 19, 2017
You are an inspiration! Will never understand how people develop such garbage ideas about media & the world. Love your work, keep going!
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Will never understand how people develop such garbage ideas about media & the world. Love your work, keep going!
shannon (@ohheyfox) September 19, 2017
The incident does not yet appear to have to come to the attention of Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling , but shed be likely to make the same points.
After all, black actresses have been cast as Hermione in the London stage production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child for the past two years.
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Rowling herself also made it crystal clear in 2015 that the characters race is never specified in the books.
Canon: brown eyes, frizzy hair and very clever. White skin was never specified. Rowling loves black Hermione https://t.co/5fKX4InjTH
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White skin was never specified. Rowling loves black Hermione https://t.co/5fKX4InjTH
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