Jon Stewart Says J.K. Rowling Is Not Anti-Semitic After ‘Harry Potter’ Comments Go Viral
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Stewart had taken issue with the portrayal of goblins in the movies, but said that his criticism was about the general pervasiveness of anti-Semitic caricatures rather than an attack on Rowling.
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Comedian Jon Stewart called out J.K. Rowling for including what he believes is an anti-Semitic portrayal of Jewish people that was included in the “Harry Potter” movie franchise.
Jon Stewart launched a broadside against the "Harry Potter" novels and movies, claiming in a recent episode of his podcast that they are "anti-semitic" because the goblin characters who run the fictional Gringotts Wizarding Bank are actually caricatures of Jews.
After comedian Jon Stewart calls the books' portrayal of goblins clearly based on Jew hatred, groups suggest Rowling was merely tapping into centuries of cultural context
'That's a caricature of a Jew from an antisemitic piece of literature': Comedian surprised there wasn't wider outcry over depiction of hooked-nosed characters that run the banks
Stewart had taken issue with the portrayal of goblins in the movies, but said that his criticism was about the general pervasiveness of anti-Semitic caricatures rather than an attack on Rowling.
Jon Stewart disputed headlines saying he called out author J.K. Rowling for using anti-semitic tropes for the goblins in her "Harry Potter" movie franchise.
Similarities between Rowling’s bankers and anti-Semitic illustrations are “a testament more to centuries of Christendom’s antisemitism than it is to malice by contemporary artists”…
