She is NOT Lavender….
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wes_j19 — 16 years ago(June 07, 2009 09:38 PM)
stop all this nonsense. just call them black people. most of them(living in america) have never even been to africa so theres no point calling them african-anything. it's really as stupid as calling white americans european-american. who does that? nobody. call them blacks and end the confusion
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hera933 — 16 years ago(June 25, 2009 01:34 PM)
Agreed wes. I know many white people from Africa (usually South Africa) that are better qualified to be called African-American. I dislike that the term African-American exclusively means black people, including those who have never even been to Africa. I appreciate that the UK just calls them Black.
And just to stay on topic, I always thought of Lavender as white too -apparently I'm in the minority! I thought white with brown hair though. Oh well, doesn't matter to me as long as she acts the part!
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thotuknew — 16 years ago(June 11, 2009 10:31 AM)
Nope definitely not alone. Hell didn't realize DEan Thomas was black until today.
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AKThunder — 16 years ago(June 18, 2009 07:11 PM)
I also thought she was white when I originally read the book. That's why when I saw her in the Movie I was like why is she black. I guess that girl wasn't supposed to be Lavender Brown, she was just an extra named Lavender in the credits.
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derekh — 16 years ago(July 23, 2009 01:34 AM)
Lavender's ethnicity isn't mentioned in the books. The actress who played her in the Prisoner of Azkaban movie (Jennifer Smith) is black. That's probably where a lot of people (including me!) got the idea that Lavender was black
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kindofhere — 16 years ago(July 26, 2009 07:50 PM)
Actually, that's not entirely true. When she's kissing Ron in the common room (after the Quidditch match and Ron and Harry finding Ginny and Dean in the hallway), it says that Harry's having a hard time telling whose hands are whose because of how completely on top of each other they are (the details that make me embarrassed that I just read something are, unfortunately, the ones that remain in my mind forever). As such, one can assume that her hands are much the same shade as Ron's - ergo she's Caucasian.
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upsidflintmobile — 15 years ago(November 21, 2010 12:22 AM)
Lavender's ethnicity isn't mentioned in the books. The actress who played her in the Prisoner of Azkaban movie (Jennifer Smith) is black. That's probably where a lot of people (including me!) got the idea that Lavender was black
Hmm, I always thought that was Parvati
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peaseroberte — 15 years ago(July 09, 2010 08:55 AM)
They have made a point in the books of describing those who are black. Dean Thomas, Angelina Johnson, Lee Jordon and Kingsley Shacklebolt. (the only ones I can remember right now)
I had always pictured her as a very superficial girl who looked a bit like Alicia Silverstone in Clueless, but with brown hair.
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velcronewsletter — 14 years ago(August 15, 2011 11:20 AM)
i never once thought of her as black. that never entered my mind. i thought it was obvious who the black people were. she was pale with brown hair in my mind. and on the subject of the patil twins, the name is so obviously indian (or south east asian) they can't be anything else
