1. No, the book does not say so.
2. Assuming you are female and British, I'm fairly certain you could've auditioned regardless of your race.
3. Seeing as the race of Lavendar Brown has absolutely no affect whatsoever on the plotlines of the HP stories (books or movies), does it really make a difference?

I wanted a cheerleader type girl. Thats really smiley and crazy. Kinda like a gets everything she wants. I was a little sad by Jessi cause she made the character ridda0iculous. She didn't seem sneaky at all. Or semi obnoxious. Just a loud silly weird girl. Kinda like a mix of Hermione and Luna.
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The Original Lavender Brown, in Poa the movie was black.
Here is the link:
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Jennifer_Smith
but i think that, Jessie Portrays Her quite well.. I thought she did a great job in the film.

I never remember Dean Thomas being described as black, but as a boy with "sandy coloured hair".

Lee is described as black, well they say he has dreads so i guess it's assumed.
Also, Kingsley Shacklebolt is described as being black.

The only characters in the books described as being black are Angelina Johnson, Dean Thomas, and Blaise Zabini. Lavender Brown is most definitely never described as being black and with the whole snogging with Ron scene, it is clear she is white. However, she was "played" by a black actress in the third movie just for the heck of it. The only other black characters as Lee Jordan and Alicia Spinnet, although I don't believe either of them were actually described as black in the books but since they are in the movies and their is not contradiction otherwise, the probably are.

It should also be noted that JK Rowling is very well known for noting when a person is of a different race: Dean Thomas, Angelina Johnson, Parvati and Padma Patil, Lee Jordan, etc
Yes, that's right, but she doesn't offer any information about the Patils IN the books. We know it because of their names and complementary information.
I'm the book they never say she is black. She is described as "very plain with brown hair"
No, they never say she's black, but that thing about "very plain with brown hair" is even more false. So you can remove the quotation marks or Rowling will sue you.

you know, for some reason i was thinking she was going to be a black girl too.glad to know i wasn't the only one.

I'm fairly certain that everyone thinks she's black because she was played by a black actress in Prisoner of Azkaban (Jennifer Smith). I'm not sure about you, but despite her non-speaking role, after reading the book and then watching the movie it was pretty obvious that she was Lavender.

I always imagined her black, but I think that may be because of Matilda
http://www.imdb.com/board/10117008/
Matilda's friend was a girl named Lavender (and I guess her name is actually Lavender Brown in the book), and she was played by a black girl.
I guess I imagined the Harry Potter Lavender Brown as an older Matilda Lavender Brown.
Shame they didn't keep the girl formerly cast as Lavender

I'm the book they never say she is black. She is described as "very plain with brown hair"

i think your insinuating that she is black because of her last name "brown"
Just kidding (did anyone get the office reference?)
I always imagined her white though

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No I have no idea why so many people think that Lavender is supposed to be black. If you remember in Half Blood Prince, at one point when Ron and Lavender are making out (I'm sorry, I think "snogging" is too ridiculous to say), it says something like "they were wrapped so tightly around each other that you couldn't tell whose hands belonged to who" if Lavender was black then it would be pretty easy to tell which hands belonged to which person.

I always thought that she was black too.

"I could of auditioned if she wasn't." Speaking of following something, follow the English languageit should be could have not could of. Doubtful that you'd have passed muster, if that's any indication of your language skills.

It should also be noted that JK Rowling is very well known for noting when a person is of a different race: Dean Thomas, Angelina Johnson, Parvati and Padma Patil, Lee Jordan, etc. If Lavender was African (African-British?) then JK probably would've mentioned it. And as much as it is probably a bit of an exaggeration, if JK had Lavender as African-whatever, then the line about Harry not being able to tell whose was whose (or whatever it was) would have been omitted.

funniest post here: http://www.imdb.com/board/10279204/board/nest/84089134

I totally missed that line too i guess just like a lot of ppl bc throughout the entire book i also thought she was blackvery creative writing to have many ppl thinking the same thinginteresting
i dont care what she isas long as she does a good job with the part

notice that in the part where Ron and Lavender kiss for the first time JKR mentions its hard to tell whose hands are whose. if she was black Harry would be able to tell which hands were hers
There are no freakin french fries!

The books don't mention race at all. What does it matter anyway? So what if she was black in the first place? (she didn't have a big role!) What matters is whether she can ACT the part of Lavender Brown. (all soppy and "drunk on Ron") Tsk. It's like Katie Leung and her scottish accent all over again.
Anyways, seems she has some acting credentials! I'm sure she'll do a great job as Lavender Brown.

Have you actually read any of the books? Doesn't mention any race at all.

Even if she
was
black, how the hell would Lavender Brown, a Harry Potter character, be African-
American
?

"You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on."

I always thought she was black while reading the books - but I suppose it's because the first (and only other) time I ever heard the name Lavender was in the movie Mathilda, and that character was mixed.
Same here. That's part of the reason why I always pictured Lavender as being African-American. It had nothing to do with her last name, I know a Caucasian girl with the last name Brown, but I just always pictured Lavender to be African-American for some reason.
I say what I want. I do what I want. I get what I want. End of story.
Why so SERIOUS?

I always thought she was black too. That is just too weird that so many of us pictured her as one thing when it clearly (well at least according to a ton of people on this board) never gave a description of her.
And obviously someone's last name (unless clearly ethnic like Chang or Patil) has little to do with what they look like. I didn't picture Lavender as black just because her last name was Brown. How silly would that be?