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[(Anonymous)]

Asking here because I don't particularly want to set iff JKR wank, but I just ran across a fic with authors notes claiming Blaise Zabini's name is an example of JKR being racist because Zabini is Zabaione and that is a dessert and food names are racist for black people and Blaise means lisping, is this an actual thing I'm missing because I'm not familiar with the stereotypes being invoked or is it rubbish .

[(Anonymous)]

It's rubbish

[(Anonymous)]

Wasn't everyone surprised when this character was belatedly revealed to be Black in the sixth book? JKR obviously sucks, but she did apparently name the character in such a way that nobody realized the character's race for a while.

The Wikipedia article on this character is extensive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Zabini

Fan fiction written prior to the publishing of the sixth book typically depicted him as a "ghostly pale white male."

[(Anonymous)]

I blame the Draco Trilogy.

[(Anonymous)]

Zabini means 'descendant of a Sabine' not 'Zabaione'

[(Anonymous)]

jkr is full of shit but then so are her fans

[(Anonymous)]

You actually thought that was real?

(The name "Blaise" does mean "stammerer" but literally no one cares, it's a saint's name that's very popular in Catholic countries.)