open letter to JKR

[susanmcgee48176]

No: HPFGUIDX 155617


> 
> 
> I disagree.  I am not a bigot, but I feel that adding gay 
characters 
> will distract from the story as much as putting the spotlight on 
any 
> specific race, religion, etc.  JK has neatly sidestepped religions, 
> sexual preferences, real world political party divisions 
and 'muggle' 
> human racial prejudice (i.e.. skin color.. she replaced it with 
fantasy 
> half-humans or nonexistent race bigotry instead).  This is a 
fantasy 
> book and doesn't need muggle concepts like sexual preference, 
religion, 
> etc. jammed into the magical world.  It already HAS 
magical/mythical 
> equivalents.  The Harry Potter books are not gay/lesbian 
literature, 
> they are written for the mainstream public.  As such, it would be 
> literary suicide to change the focus of the books, even without 
meaning 
> to change it.  The media focus on the books would change the books 
in 
> the minds of the public to 'gay literature'. 
> 
> While yes, there needs to be books with gay/lesbian characters, it 
> should be with a NEW series, NOT using an existing popular series 
as a 
> political soap box for gays/lesbians.  Maybe you are not trying to 
make 
> it a gay/lesbian soapbox, but thats exactly what the book would 
become 
> if the media focused on added gay/lesbian characters. 
> 
> So no......   If the books had such characters from the begining, 
it 
> would be okay, but its too late in the series and the style of the 
books 
> too defined to make such a change.  The books are NOT about sex, 
> sexuality or sexual preferences, so theres no reason to change them 
to 
> make them such.
> 
> Not to mention people will be too busy in the last book saving the 
world 
> to worry about dating, one would guess....
> 
> Jazmyn
> 
> 
> 
thanks for taking the time to respond.

JKR HAS  NOT done what you state..I quote you "in fact JK has neatly 
sidestepped religions, 
> sexual preferences, real world political party divisions 
and 'muggle' 
> human racial prejudice (i.e.. skin color"

What she has done about race is to nonchalantly include non-white 
characters as a matter of course....they're normal...I actually 
didn't realize Cho Chang was non-white until I saw the movie!

I am not suggesting a soapbox by any means...

JKR should include a lesbian or gay male character as a matter of 
course...as no big deal....anymore than it's a big deal that Lee 
Jordan is black.....

Susan