Caribbean (was Kashrut / Languages / Merchandise / Flavors

[~ Leyo ~]

No: HPFGUIDX 6877

> > Isn't Lavender Brown Carribean?
> > catrina
>
>I don't recall ANYTHING in the books indicating that Lavender Brown
>is Caribbean, altho' the American version of Book 1 states (in
>the Sorting) that Dean Thomas is a tall Black boy, "even taller than
>Ron" and I have thought it likely that a Brit who is named Dean
>Thomas and is black is more likely to be of West Indian ancestry than
>of directly African ancestry.

That's strange, although I only quickly read through the train journey and 
sorting ceremony in the English edition, I found no reference at all to Dean 
Thomas, let alone to him being black. I thought it odd that even during the 
sorting, he is not mentioned! Harry is sorted into Gryffindor, then Turpin, 
Lisa is placed in Ravenclaw. Dean Thomas should have been in between Harry 
and Lisa Turpin. Is this different in the American edition?

About Lavender, the name immediatly struck me as English. JKR leaves some of 
the characters quite undescribed, and they are no doubt open to the reader's 
interpretation, so Lavender could be black, as I cannot recall any mention 
of her race.

BTW, I'm fairly new to this list, I've been reading only for a bit and find 
your discussions very interesting. It's so much more complex than anything 
I've come across previously, and has certainly led me to look at the books 
in quite a different light!


Leyo
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