MOVIE and VF: Whew!

[cynthiaanncoe at home.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., John Walton <john at w...> wrote:
> 
> > I don't think she's black....I think she's of Middle 
Eastern/Indian
> > descent. Also....I wonder if Padma and Pavarti are of such a 
descent as well.
> 
> I too think that the actress playing Alicia (and, probably but not
> certainly, Alicia the character) is of Middle-Eastern descent, or 
possibly
> somewhere down the eastern coast of Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, etc., 
where
> interracial marriages are somewhat common). I wouldn't have said 
Indian, but
> I could be wrong.
> 
> Parvati and Padma Patil, on the other hand, are almost definitely 
Indian
> Sub-Continent (could be Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi, etc.) 
from their
> names.
> 

I stand corrected, but I'll take any racial diversity, so Middle-
Eastern works for me.  I assume (but really have no idea) that 
Scotland isn't that racially diverse, so even the smattering of 
diversity JKR means the issue hasn't been neglected.  But am I right 
that Alicia's race wasn't given in the book? 

I always assumed Cho is Chinese (although I don't think this is 
spelled out, either) and that Padma and Pavarti are as John 
describes.  Those characters (along with Spinnet, Thomas and Bell) 
are about it for racial diversity, unless the movie throws in a few 
more.  We'll see.

Cindy