I almost mentioned Dean Thomas, actually. I didn't intend to say that diversity-for-the-sake-of-it is bad -- I was merely contrasting it with making a character gay for narrative purposes. Dean Thomas isn't black for any specific narrative reason, but acknowledging that people from various ethnic backgrounds go to Hogwarts is a nice touch that does add something to the created world.
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Date: 2004-06-22 08:31 pm (UTC)