British writer J.K. Rowling, who created the series of books about the wizard Harry Potter, was accused of looking like Jews in the goblin bankers in her books. On Thursday, January 6, NBC News reported.
It is noted that over the years, critics have pointed out that the images of the goblins running the Gringotts Bank are similar to typical anti-Semitic cartoons that have appeared since the Middle Ages. Similar images of Jews were also published in the weekly Der Stürmer, published in Nazi Germany. It principally published articles, slogans and cartoons inciting hatred of Jews.
Comedian John Stewart raised this topic the other day in his podcast on YouTube.
“Have you ever watched a Harry Potter movie? Have you ever seen the scenes at Gringotts Bank? Do you know who are the people who run the bank? These are the Jews! ” – he summed up.
However, Stewart clarified that he did not consider Rowling to be anti-Semitic and did not consider it necessary to make any changes to the books and films about the wizard.
In 2018, J.K. Rowling released a novel, Deadly White, with an anti-Semitic villain. Thus, the writer decided to draw attention to the problem of anti-Semitism on a larger scale.
The Israeli media noted that Rowling is an ardent opponent of anti-Semitism, racism and other manifestations of discrimination, she has repeatedly talked about these problems on social networks and urged people to be more tolerant.
In the same year, Rowling was accused of being hostile to transgender and transgender people. However, she replied to users of social networks that she knows and loves the transperson.
Before that, the writer ridiculed the headline of the publication “Opinion: after COVID-19, we need to create a fairer world for people who menstruate,” emphasizing that these people are usually called women.
After that, Rowling, according to her, regularly faced threats of physical harm, and they also tried to plant homemade explosives in her mailbox.
Source: IZ
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