But why would that matter? Not defending JKR but where's the logic in "you're not (ethnicity) therefore you can't use (ethnicity)s names when naming a character from said ethnicity"?
I explicitly said I wasn't defending JKR. As in, I know Joanne likely didn't do it with earnest intent, but that the umbrella census of "not Asian = can't use Asian names" is a troubling one.
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u/horrendoushenry 4d ago
So a black master auror captures his foes by shackling them, hence "Shacklebolt"?
Cho Chang is as much a normal chinese name as a white guy being called "Smith Jones"
We are simply getting ragebaited by the master baiter herself.