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Jon Stewart called the goblins that run Gringotts bank in the Harry Potter universe an anti-semitic trope on his The Problem with Jon Stewart podcast

He questioned why J.K. Rowling chose to 'throw Jews in there to run the f***ing underground bank' in a world where people 'can ride dragons and have pet owls'

Rowling has been mired in controversy since June 2020, when she posted a series of tweets about the transgender community

4 January 2022

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10368289/Jon-Stewart-accuses-JK-Rowling-anti-Semitism-Harry-Potter.html

Jon Stewart called the goblins that run Gringotts bank in the Harry Potter universe an anti-semitic trope on his The Problem with Jon Stewart podcast He questioned why J.K. Rowling chose to 'throw Jews in there to run the f***ing underground bank' in a world where people 'can ride dragons and have pet owls' Rowling has been mired in controversy since June 2020, when she posted a series of tweets about the transgender community 4 January 2022 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10368289/Jon-Stewart-accuses-JK-Rowling-anti-Semitism-Harry-Potter.html

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I can truthfully say this never occurred to me till this story broke last week. I'd likely never connect those to things without it being brought to my attention then only think it might be what she did or that is how she or the producer thinks goblins do look in their imagination which is not racist but how they think goblins a make believe monster should appear.