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

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**Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-a-book-racist-if-it-doesnt-explicitly-mention-that-there-are-some-minority-characters/655555/2 "2013-04-13T01:14:26Z")

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> [@PSXer](#):
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> not wanting to de-rail the Harry Potter thread

You mean the [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=687957) where the OP says this?

> [@HARRY POTTER question: Are there any black students mentioned at Hogwarts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-question-are-there-any-black-students-mentioned-at-hogwarts/655537/1):
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> I am also not accusing J. K. Rowling of racism in her writing. I’m just wondering.
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> Anyway: in Rowling’s novels, are any Hogwarts students (or for that matter faculty) specifically mentioned as being black?

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