Harry Potter and Jake Harrelling

The Harry Potter books are the highest-selling series of novels ever. Many fans were thrilled when Rowling revealed that Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay. The book takes place in England where the vast majority of people are white. It felt like a disingenuous statement that Hermione could have been black. Why approve all the illustrations depicting Hermione as white?

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