>>3868499> If they actually cared about POC characters, they’d be giving more attention to Parvati, Padma, Cho, Dean, Lee, Kingsley, etc.Are they as interesting plotwise as Harry, tho? Is there all that much to go off on them besides middle school drama?
>Chinese Harry?I think if you look deeper into it, the appeal of Harry as Indian isn't really about Harry, it's about his dad: jock bully, but also vaguely an outsider. Privileged and in the important circles, but vaguely an underdog.
He sounds a lot like the sorta rich 2nd or 3rd generation Desis you see in the UK whose Indianness is just kinda in the background. More Indian than Charli XCX or Freddie Mercury, but still very much English with nary a hint of the motherland. James is easy to headcanon as Indian.
I don't see nearly as many Chinese people who fit this mold in the UK.
