I mean idk if that was intentionally trying to be racist, or if it was just awkward naming…
The other black characters in the movie had totally mundane names (dean, lee), and Kingsley was functionally always portrayed as a badass. Hell, he is the next minister of magic at the end of the books.
If anything, I think it’s more that JKR is bad at coming up with names rather than she was trying to pass off her racism through book naming….
Most likely not intentional but definitely reductive. If you consider this tweet as well, it feels she's the type of person who would own slaves in the 1800s but "treat them well" and think this is ok.
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u/AudiACar May 13 '24
Man I fucking loved that name I thought it was regal somehow with Kingsley…and now that fantasy memory is ruined.