Rowling doesn't give Draco a girlfriend in the books, or someone he has a crush on, i didn't get the impression him and Pansy were a thing..
It would have been cool to give Draco a black girlfriend, maybe make Pansy Parkinson black. This to show that racism in the muggle world is different from racism in the wizarding world. In the wizarding world, Draco could be in to a black girl if she was pure blood.
by AltruisticAide9776
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I mean I think it was pretty obvious without the race swapping.
I shudder to think what JKR would have named her.
I think you’re giving Draco (and Rowling) a lot of unearned credit.
That sounds like a junior-high conceptualization of racism.
I just… Why? Especially given how bad Rowling is in her actual politics, I have less than no trust that she could portray any sort of nuance there.
Besides, why does Malfoy need any redemption by way of a black female character?
Fits with all the racism and classism in the books, I’ll give you that much.
I mean one of Draco’s friends and fellow Slytherin was Blaise Zabini, who was black, and Blaise’s mother was a well-known pureblood.
Also in the last book, Draco is shown with his wife, Astoria Greengrass.
The series fumbles with serious topics enough as it is. While Harry Potter is a great series to teach values to children, applying the simple framing from these books to serious real life issues is only inviting trouble.
Yeah you’re right, the racism metaphor was too subtle otherwise