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[–] 64 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Im so glad she has no idea what Mexicans or latinos are. We would have gotten “Jose frijoles” a Mexican wizard with a moustache and hat who throws a spanish word into every sentence.

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Ok I know I shouldnt have, but that did make me chuckle.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago*

    There's no "shouldn't have" here. We can laugh at these things. This was a joke about how badly JKR writes foreigners, not a joke about the race it depicts.

    There are good and bad jokes about racial stereotypes. Are we making fun of Mexicans or are we making fun of racist peoples' stereotypes about Mexicans? I'd argue this joke was the latter.

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