# HARRY POTTER question: Are there any black students mentioned at Hogwarts?

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**Created:** [April 12, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-question-are-there-any-black-students-mentioned-at-hogwarts/655537 "2013-04-12T19:33:16Z")\
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I’m not asking if there are any black witches & wizards in the PotterVerse. As I understand it there are wizarding academies in many countries, and I’m sure a dark complexioned person or four showed up in _Goblet of Fire_.

I am also not accusing J. K. Rowling of racism in her writing. I’m just wondering.

Anyway: in Rowling’s novels, are any Hogwarts students (or for that matter faculty) specifically mentioned as being black?

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