Harry Potter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Or all the things that are really messed up about Harry Potter.

Things That Are Messed Up about Harry Potter

Addedum: Things that I don’t blame JK Rowling for not engaging with but would totally come up if Hogwarts was real.

  • EVERYTHING about JK Rowling’s “Magic in America” origin story, but especially that despite taking place in the time of the Mayflower, it is a story of how white people bring magic and civilization to America and the only mention of Native Americans is a Pukwudgie, a “fiercely independent, tricky and not over-fond of humankind” creature which begrudgingly helps the European witch settlers.[x]
  • Would Dumbledore’s use of Harry and/or other students count as child soldiers? (Thank you to my dear friend Jonathan for pointing this out.)

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PhD’ing in Politics and International Studies at Cambridge via Queen's University Belfast via Stanford. www.alinautrata.com

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Alina Utrata

PhD’ing in Politics and International Studies at Cambridge via Queen's University Belfast via Stanford. www.alinautrata.com