'Harry Potter's Snape Isn't the Only Character Who's Been "Race-Swapped"

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Severus Snape (Alan Rickman) in 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'

Credit: Warner Bros.

15 Comments

  1. Brooke

    It’s 2025, and we have people actually angry about a black man playing the role of a professor, that was previously played by a white man? What do they think is the difference between the 2 races? There are none. And by the way, these m orons need to get a life, get a job, work at a charity, foster a dog, something that actually contributes to the world. Racists.

    1. Anne

      Hey Brooke, would you also be be boo hooing if they race swapped an originally black character for a white? DEI causes racism by pretty much saying black is better than white. We do not have to have black people in every stinking movie, especially in those supposed to be set back before the spread of multiple races across the world. GROW UP.

    2. Anne

      Hey St*pid Leftist, yes we’re sick of race swapping. Why don’t you stop being ra*cist against white people and go touch grass!

    3. JJ

      I agree Brooke, mor ons like you should stop being racist.

    4. Kristen

      Nothing to do with a Black dude playing a professor. Has to do with the racists race swapping the Whitest fking character for a dei check. Characters not only need a good actor, but they should actually look like the fking character. The racists are the ones acting like White characters don’t matter, but if it was a Black one, they would all be crying. Of course they always just call us racists, and other bs. God forbid we want a character some of us grew up with to actually look right. I want no race swapping, wouldn’t want a Black character race swapped either. I didn’t like Annebeth from the Percy Jackson movies because she didn’t have her iconic blonde hair. And then the idiots race swapped her in the Percy Jackson show.

  2. JustSomeGuy

    It’s not racist to object to deviation from the character’s description in the book… Especially when it was obviously done for social-political DEI reasons. This is enough of a controversy to keep me from watching it.

  3. Andrea

    No one can fill Allen Rickman’s shoes! He was the one and only Prof. Snipe. Played the role in all the Harry Potter films. You should not have changed him. Iam sure Paapa is a good actor, give him another role, not this one. Whenever Studios change something in a film it flops.I am a big HP fan, but not this time, if you can’t keep a memory alive!

  4. DisneyFan

    DEI

    Rules for awards Must be diverse race swap, etc

    Awards drive$$$$$$

    Sticking to story last priority

  5. Tony

    Sallow: of a grayish greenish yellow color

    Yeah, probably not.

    1. Jason

      Pandering

  6. Anne

    I boycott any film that raceswaps a character. You want to stick blaxs in every freaking film for the sake of st*pid diversity to please the left-wing side you make new characters and don’t change what’s already there. White Lives Matter To, remember that! I’ve even seen comments from nice, normal black folks who don’t approve of race swapping and feel that everything has gotta be black!! Therefore not only is DEI upsetting the whites but the blacks to! DEI is only for the left!

  7. Old disney

    How about have some originality and make a different show?And you can make any characters you want.But you choose to put it under the harry potter flag.Because you think people are going to just watch it because it says harry potter. There are so many fans that love all of the characters and all of it.And when you change things like that and change characters, you p*** people off.I will not be watching.I will enjoy the originals.The way that it was supposed to be. That’s been the problem with all of the shows you stick it under the star wars flag and think people are going to be okay with it.Nope.Now you just p***** everybody off that loves and cares for star wars.And has been following it since nineteen seventy. How about have some originality?Put whoever you want in a show and good luck and see if people will watch it. Stop ruining established franchises with certain characters period!

  8. Deb

    Who gives a running jump,it’s a character in a book ,not a real person,you can swap any characters from black to white and vise versa,it doesn’t make a difference to the story so long as the acting is strong,loosen up and enjoy life a little bit

    1. Kristen

      Funny how a characters race never seems to matter when they are White. It’s bs, the racists race swapped the Whitest character all for a dei check. Portraying a character is more than just acting, it’s actually looking like the character at least a bit. Dude looks nothing like Snape, and heaven forbid Snape’s race being important.

  9. Kristen

    Race swapping isn’t just changing a White character from that race to another. It’s changing any race to another, just happens mostly to White characters these days. I think it’s disgusting how they said they would be loyal to the books and then the racists race swap Snape, the Whitest fking character.
    I would have thought it was going to being the Weasleys and they are redheads. They love race swapping redheads.
    Cowards so is J.K. who won’t stand up for her own characters.
    Friends didn’t need Black people, just like Fresh Prince didn’t need a bunch of White people.

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