Black Hermione Backlash: Best Twitter Responses To Claims Harry Potter Character Has 'Always Been White'
Ever since the black Hermione controversy hit the Internet, Harry Potter fans have been voicing their opinions. But despite what the media may tell you, there has been a lot of support over the decision.
Black actress Noma Dumezweni will play Hermione Granger in the upcoming play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which follows Hermione, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley in adulthood. In the wake of Monday's announcement, many fans took to the Internet to express their outrage.
Some believe Hermione has "always been white" and that this is "canon," but J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, has expressed her thoughts on the situation:
Canon: brown eyes, frizzy hair and very clever. White skin was never specified. Rowling loves black Hermione https://t.co/5fKX4InjTH
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 21, 2015
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Here are some of the positive responses to the casting of a black actress as Hermione:
I love how Hermione being black is somehow more implausible to some people than a universe where the entire postal system depends on owls
— Snukes (@QueerDiscOx) December 20, 2015
"ew why is Hermione black in the Harry Potter stage show??" IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IN HOGWARTS THEN YOU CAN BELIEVE IN A BLACK HERMIONE OKAY
— PerksOfBeingAFanboy. (@LiamKelsall) December 21, 2015
Celebratory repost of my #BlackHermione fanart in light of the #CursedChild news pic.twitter.com/xeJltapmzQ
— oil festival (@TheMonaOgg) December 20, 2015
Interesting that some people find a black Hermione Granger harder to believe in than, you know, magic spells...
— Mr HoHoHoldfield (@MrLROldfield) December 20, 2015
*chants* BLACK HERMIONE BLACK HERMIONE BLACK HERMIONE ABOUT DAMN TIME https://t.co/hN1FkHLttQ
— Nicole Brinkley (@nebrinkley) December 20, 2015
BLACK HERMIONE IS CANON
— Lando Carlissian (@equivocarly) December 20, 2015
DEAR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO ARGUE ABOUT A BLACK HERMIONE GRANGER, just don't.
— Katherine Locke (@Bibliogato) December 20, 2015
#BlackHermione, end and conclusion : theatre is not about canon, it's about archetypes and emotions. (and that's a #Slytherin writing)
— Hellequine d'Olt (@lysfer) December 22, 2015
of course Emma did a great job as Hermione, but Hermione's made of personality, not skin color. you shouldn't have problems w black Hermione
— name cannot be blank (@legendaryheroy) December 22, 2015
No disrespect to Emma Watson, but now I'm wondering why movies didn't have #BlackHermione. Would've been good.
— Leigh Norwich (@theleighside) December 22, 2015
Me being the realistic optimist that I am, I believe that casting had everything to do with talent zero to do with race #BlackHermione
— Zizwe Nuku ka Radebe (@Zizwelicious) December 22, 2015
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will premiere on July 30, 2016 in the Palace Theatre in London.
