Jewish Goblins?

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 81891

It doesn't strike me that the Goblins are meant to parallel the Jews.

Rather, I think they parallel the idea of a Swiss banker, and I use 
canon to back me up.

Sirius Black was on the run and was the most wanted criminal in the 
Wizard World, but was still able to draw on his account to the tune 
of at least a few hundred Galleons to buy a Firebolt.

That indicates the Goblins are completely independent and unregulated 
by the Wizard World, and they are completely neutral in all matters. 

Otherwise, the first thing Fudge would have done is frozen Sirius' 
assets. And if Fudge hadn't done it, the members of the Black family 
who consider Sirius a blood traitor would have looted that account.

Want to hide money? Go to Gringotts. In the real world, put it in a 
Swiss bank account. (Actually, I have no idea how Swiss banks really 
work, but the secretive, we'll-take-anyone nature is common in pop 
fiction and movies.)

As for the Jewish comparison, I'm not sure it works without buying 
into the stereotypes that feed such groups as the KKK, the Skinheads 
and idiots like Louis Farrakhan who see Jewish conspiracies lurking 
around every corner.

Darrin
-- missing my schien froi