[HPforGrownups] Re: Lavender Brown, dead or alive? If alive is she a now a werewolf?

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 192393

On 6/3/2013 6:42 PM, John wrote:
> There are several mysteries and controversies surrounding the lovely 
> Ms. Brown. Jo never stated Lavender's racial profile for instance and 
> in the early movies she is actually black. A row erupted among many 
> fans when in HBP she was portrayed by a white girl instead, that new 
> cast member being Jessie Cave. There were suggestions of racism and 
> that some in the casting and production offices were unhappy about the 
> romantic scenes between Ron and Lavender being interacial. Is this 
> true? I doubt we'll ever know, but as I said Jo never said anything 
> about Lavender's race one way or another and Jessie did a great job in 
> HBP and DH2 portraying Lavender very well. When I pictured her when 
> reading the books she was white, as I had no clues to suggest otherwise.

Bart:
     Based on experience in several subcultures, very often being a 
member of the subculture reaches a stage where a fellow member of that 
subculture just is a member, and little details like what is commonly 
called "race" become irrelevant. I recall frequently visiting the home 
of a friend, where there were a lot of similarly minded people from the 
same town frequently visiting as well. I had a consulting job in a 
nearby town, and one of the employees mentioned that she was thinking of 
moving closer to work. I recommended my friend's town, and she gave me a 
very funny look, and told me that she probably wouldn't want to live 
there. Another co-worker told me why: apparently, the town was primarily 
populated African-Americans. It was not until that moment that it 
occurred to me that, over the years, about 80% of the people who 
frequented my friend's house were also of African descent.

     Therefore, especially in the sparsely populated WW (there have been 
previous discussions about the sized of the wizarding population, 
leading to my repeating my oft-used line, "There are three kinds of 
people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't." - JKR), 
matters like skin color and national origin just aren't terribly 
important, as long as you're a wizard/witch.

     Bart