Even the Irish kid gets worse in the books. Apart from making things explode, his other notable character trait is repeatedly trying to turn various drinks into whiskey.

Oh goodness, I never thought of that.

Jesus fucking Christ what? there was a character named shacklebolt???

Allow me to hit you with my cane. The Manchester blast was fucking loud.

The films added the stereotypes. They made the goblins hooked nosed and added a Star of David decoration to the greengots bank floor.

It's not in the books but Rowling still had huge control over the film so retains responsibility.

The erasure of Worst Witch is a crime.

As a child I read Groosham Grange from Anthony Horowitz, and when I first heard a description of Harry Potter, I thought that they were describing that book from Horowitz. I can't believe no one else noticed. But I also think that most people active in children's literature will have an attitude of "anything that gets a child reading, is a good thing", so they're not that upset about poor quality being popular and they'd rather keep the positive vibe going.

To say the UK and Ireland have had explosive interactions in the past would be a bit of an understatement. There were spates of car bombings, shootings, and other forms of violence all along the border of Northern Ireland (Due to both sides believing Northern Island should be part of their nation).

Addendum: This was not a purely binary conflict. There were also those in Northern Ireland who did not align with either aggressor.

Rowling probably takes a more pro-UK stance, and therefore is comparing the Irish people to the IRA (Irish Republican Army) bombers.

The conflict(s) were part of a period known as The Troubles (Wiki page linked)

Disclaimer - I'm an American outsider with an interest in learning about history, so I may not have the most accurate summary of events from either side of the story. The Wikipedia article should summarize incidents much better.

Guessing it’s due to the IRA bombings?

Only some of them, it's very divisive I think. Can an Irish lad confirm?

I don't know if I'm laughing art JKR's racism or at that funny racist sketch.

Ok I know I shouldnt have, but that did make me chuckle.

Pretty sure there was a whole lot about the unfair treatment of house elves

no, the house elves loved being slaves and hermione was being hysterical for fighting for their rights.

she had a reputation for racial stereotyping even before she went mask-off as a terf, decades back. like naming the one Asian character Cho Chang (sounds like ching chang chong; both names are from different Asian countries), naming the one Black character Kingsley Shacklebolt (King from MLK, shackle from slavery), naming the Jewish character Anthony Goldstein, naming an Irish character Seamus Finnegan...

...it's not that she was necessarily super racist, she just used very stereotypical/over the top names for her characters. so I don't hate her for being racist, I hate her for being transphobic.

There’s no way you people would think she’s racist

That's mainly because she was hyped up for so long and she didn't go all out, but it wasn't long until someone noticed the Gringot's bankers were Jewish Stereotypes and some of the names were a bit iffy. But I think it really was a "Little Britain" situation where we didn't get it until the second read through.

Also, in her books for adults, she's gone mask off, especially against Mixed Race people.

No one seems to have had any issue with the stereotyping didnt seem to appear until the internet decided she was a cunt. The reality is that the character is one of the better ones in the book. Yes, hes stereotyped and the blowing up gags are a lot. But the character is never shat on. Never made to be the butt of the joke. Hes shown to be brave, funny, loyal. He grows up over the course of the books, and his character goes through some shit.

The main issue seems to be that Americans dont understand, that people over here arent so thin skinned. We can take jokes about stereotypes on the chin. Pretty much everyone in the book is stereotyped in some way. But none of it ever comes across as mean spirited.

Its all just "JK bad" shit. Instead of focusing on her, the things she says and does. People want to make out like everything she ever did was shit. Its silly.

She'd call him Kwame Kongo

Edit: omg I forgot about Shacklebolt