I just want to say to everyone that is asking why James is black, if you read the books it never once describes the skin colour of either James or Harry, and it is since very popular to suggest that he is from an Indian background.
It’s not described because JK only adds it in if they are colored and she makes it obvious what race by not only describing their coloring in her character descriptions she also makes their name match their ethnicity (ex: Cho Chang is Asian and the Parvati twins are Indian) meaning if James or Harry was Indian it would have said something about dark skin in their descriptions and their names would be Indian names
I hate how everyone is asking why James is black and hating on it, J.K Rowling is an open racist, the fandom made the Marauders fandom to add more POC, body, and sexuality representation. And James being dark skinned is a really popular head-cannon within the fandom. Also the people saying “The movie version of James is white” movies and books, as well as fandoms can be change a character.
@@LiveLaughLOVEKenji "how is jkr an open racist" and then she names her asian character cho chang, a mashup of korean and chinese LAST NAMES, she doesn't even have a first name, plus the goblins are literally an antisemitic stereotype 💀 also whitewashing is bad bc it's explicitly to take representation away from other races & give white actors jobs while not paying actors of color. now. tell me one time anyone took representation away from white people, especially in the west. literally all of the plot-relevant characters in harry potter are white. no one is dying if james potter is a person of color. literally everyone else in this video is white.
It's still weird...like what do you mean you can change it because you want to and can? That man is white as day no matter what y'all say it's weird. Stop trying to justify it.
I get that James could be from an Indian background but Indian is not that dark of a black it's more of a olive kind of black. Even if he was dark black we would see in the movies or in the book character description of Harry having some type of dark skin.
4:39 Reggie: Is that Tonks, the first year Hufflepuff? Sirius: You mean our cousin Andromeda's child? The one 14 years younger than me? 12 years younger than you? 13 years younger than Remus? HOW IS A TWO YEAR OLD CHILD AT HOGWARTS-
I love the Indian James head cannon, but Indians don’t have such a dark skin (ik that some do though), and AGAIN, this WHOLE fandom is fan made, we don’t give a fuck about what JKR writes, so why are y’all getting angry about it even knowing that she is openly homophobic, racist and transfobic? If you don’t like the head cannon, it’s fine, but there is no need to insult the person that made the video, if you respect and follow what JKR writes, I honestly don’t even know what you are doing in this fandom where we took names and small facts and created whole new characters, that is the marauders fandom, don’t like it? Don’t watch or read about it and leave us fucking alone (also, love with all my heart trans reggie, best fan made head cannon EVER!)
there is no justification for making potter black. if in the book its not clarified it means he's white, because look at Cho she's Asian she was described like that in the book, Parvati twins are Indians and are so described like that. Potter was never black , he wasn't in the film Harry Potter or Marauders. Its clearly disrespectful to change a race , because what if you change from black to white then its gonna be racist, same here. PS- Thanks for reading my criticism .
I agree, I think I personally don't mind the fanart/headcanon that he is mixed in someway but making him black just is too far off, esspeshally with how his son looks, the way his hair is etc, but straight up blackwashing is never good same as whitewashing, I understand wanting to add some sort of more characteristic of say latino etc but this one just doesn't make sense I agree with you.
Can people stop going “omg why is James black/dark skinned!” It’s a really popular head cannon that he’s desi/has dark skin and it’s up the the creator as to how they design characters, grow up
Ummm, i see Harry and James as a little darker than in the movies, and its a REALLY popular, a lot of people, majority in Marauders fandom, loves this headcannon 😭 idk if its something with the video, cause i dont watch it
Everyone saying “why is James black?” First of all read the top comment and if you didn’t just so you know the books have never described Harry or James ethnicity so many creators have made their au as having Harry or James have an Indian background
I mean even if it doesn’t outright say that the Potters are white they are still a pure blood British family…so like it wouldn’t make sense if they were not white (for me at least)
@ That is true I was just trying to point out that some people give them an Indian background because their ethnicity was never clearly stated in the books
I just want to say to everyone that is asking why James is black, if you read the books it never once describes the skin colour of either James or Harry, and it is since very popular to suggest that he is from an Indian background.
oh shut up
@ there is no need to be rude, this is my take on the character, I understand that not everyone is going to be happy with it
It’s not described because JK only adds it in if they are colored and she makes it obvious what race by not only describing their coloring in her character descriptions she also makes their name match their ethnicity (ex: Cho Chang is Asian and the Parvati twins are Indian) meaning if James or Harry was Indian it would have said something about dark skin in their descriptions and their names would be Indian names
Ohh this helps so much I was wondering that too. 😅
He is not black though after the movies came out it shows he’s white so there is no justification of why you did that
James is from england 1975-77.... i highly doubt he would be THAT dark without some racism making its way into the books.
It’s never mentioned in the books, that is why it’s a headcanon
I hate how everyone is asking why James is black and hating on it, J.K Rowling is an open racist, the fandom made the Marauders fandom to add more POC, body, and sexuality representation.
And James being dark skinned is a really popular head-cannon within the fandom. Also the people saying “The movie version of James is white” movies and books, as well as fandoms can be change a character.
Huh?? How is jk rowling an "open racist"?? and the video is great, but it just yet again another black washing stunt.
@@LiveLaughLOVEKenji "how is jkr an open racist" and then she names her asian character cho chang, a mashup of korean and chinese LAST NAMES, she doesn't even have a first name, plus the goblins are literally an antisemitic stereotype 💀 also whitewashing is bad bc it's explicitly to take representation away from other races & give white actors jobs while not paying actors of color. now. tell me one time anyone took representation away from white people, especially in the west. literally all of the plot-relevant characters in harry potter are white. no one is dying if james potter is a person of color. literally everyone else in this video is white.
It's still weird...like what do you mean you can change it because you want to and can? That man is white as day no matter what y'all say it's weird. Stop trying to justify it.
Why is James black?😭
popular headcanon
I literally said this out loud before going to comment 😂
@@f3nnn_ ew
@@f3nnn_ it’s still weird to race-change when we know he canonically has white skinned
@lanareysc0kenot really, it’s a head cannon and people change characters to look like head cannons all the time
I get that James could be from an Indian background but Indian is not that dark of a black it's more of a olive kind of black. Even if he was dark black we would see in the movies or in the book character description of Harry having some type of dark skin.
4:39 Reggie: Is that Tonks, the first year Hufflepuff?
Sirius: You mean our cousin Andromeda's child? The one 14 years younger than me? 12 years younger than you? 13 years younger than Remus? HOW IS A TWO YEAR OLD CHILD AT HOGWARTS-
But Tonks is not from their time, they are fourteen years older than her, when they were in seventh year she was on average 4/5 years old.
"I'm gonna look like a rat."
Well...
Great video, thanks for sharing your work. :)
I love the Indian James head cannon, but Indians don’t have such a dark skin (ik that some do though), and AGAIN, this WHOLE fandom is fan made, we don’t give a fuck about what JKR writes, so why are y’all getting angry about it even knowing that she is openly homophobic, racist and transfobic? If you don’t like the head cannon, it’s fine, but there is no need to insult the person that made the video, if you respect and follow what JKR writes, I honestly don’t even know what you are doing in this fandom where we took names and small facts and created whole new characters, that is the marauders fandom, don’t like it? Don’t watch or read about it and leave us fucking alone (also, love with all my heart trans reggie, best fan made head cannon EVER!)
How DARE UA-cam hide this from me! Anyway, hello! I've always loved your work
Real! It gotta show me this sooner 😭
You should make a part 2
Im all for latino and desi james potter but this is like a propwr race change 🙏
Why james is black?
He married Regulus Black
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@ThiagoJorge-13 huh
i dont mean any harm but if u look at art by JK. he was always white look at his parents too
The marauders fandom does it on purpose. Because of the views from jkr
Part 2 where they react to the slytherin traitors, deaths and the prophecy❤
please please please make more i love this! (+new sub :D )
there is no justification for making potter black. if in the book its not clarified it means he's white, because look at Cho she's Asian she was described like that in the book, Parvati twins are Indians and are so described like that. Potter was never black , he wasn't in the film Harry Potter or Marauders. Its clearly disrespectful to change a race , because what if you change from black to white then its gonna be racist, same here. PS- Thanks for reading my criticism
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I agree, I think I personally don't mind the fanart/headcanon that he is mixed in someway but making him black just is too far off, esspeshally with how his son looks, the way his hair is etc, but straight up blackwashing is never good same as whitewashing, I understand wanting to add some sort of more characteristic of say latino etc but this one just doesn't make sense I agree with you.
yokoshikaori-hf8dh I agree with you too
This a really good video !! Do you think you could make them react to snape's achievements ?
Why did no one ask what happened to Dumbledore?😭😭
why is james black, what? he’s litro white…😭
There’s a head cannon that he’s desi, it’s the creators choice
how dare youtube hide this from me for 21 hours
Super video❤❤❤❤we love you
Can people stop going “omg why is James black/dark skinned!” It’s a really popular head cannon that he’s desi/has dark skin and it’s up the the creator as to how they design characters, grow up
Ummm, i see Harry and James as a little darker than in the movies, and its a REALLY popular, a lot of people, majority in Marauders fandom, loves this headcannon 😭 idk if its something with the video, cause i dont watch it
Wait why is James/Prongs black?
I thought the same thing.
It’s a popular head cannon that he’s got darker skin/is desi
@ Oh thanks!! 😁
Everyone saying “why is James black?” First of all read the top comment and if you didn’t just so you know the books have never described Harry or James ethnicity so many creators have made their au as having Harry or James have an Indian background
I mean even if it doesn’t outright say that the Potters are white they are still a pure blood British family…so like it wouldn’t make sense if they were not white (for me at least)
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@ That is true I was just trying to point out that some people give them an Indian background because their ethnicity was never clearly stated in the books
@ yeah its still weird buddy..that man is white as day
HOW DARE UA-cam HIDE THIS FROM ME FOR 4 WHOLE HOURS?!
This video is amazing!! ❤️
4 hours ago??? I'm early!!!!!!
Part 2 please
Will there be a part 2?
lol James……
I’m watching geometry dash with the title and comments of this video cause I clicked two videos at the same time and UA-cam glitched!!
Tf is this black washing bs, well there are not enough videos with this theme so I shall endure it 😅
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I love Desi James Potter!! F JK Rowling
You should make a part 2