so is a book racist if it doesn't explicitly mention that there are some minority characters?

[Lamia]

@PSXer

not wanting to de-rail the Harry Potter thread

You mean the thread where the OP says this?

@Skald_the_Rhymer

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?