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Must've been a trip for the Haaretz staff writing that puff piece given the antisemitic stuff in the Potter movies: https://www.google.com/search?q=harry+potter
by KennyBlanken 4y ago
Must've been a trip for the Haaretz staff writing that puff piece given the antisemitic stuff in the Potter movies: https://www.google.com/search?q=harry+potter+bankers https://www.google.com/search?q=harry+potter+bankers
From the book: "about a head shorter than Harry [...] swarthy, clever face, a pointed beard [...] very long fingers and feet”, indeed.
I lol'd at the "Jewish culture" tag.
- goldenkey 4y agoMost tellers aren't Jewish. Ability to apply similarities does not imply implication, and says more about the latent racism of the folks making the anti-semetic accusations. As if being Jewish is all about having pointy ears and a nose that is as hooked as a parrot feather? What the fuck.
- jazzyjackson 4y agoall antisemitic caricatures are goblinesque, not all goblins are antisemitic caricatures (granted, having the goblins run the banks is... not great)
- hansbo 4y agoI always thought of it more as a reference to the Gnomes of Zürich than to Jewish people.