you know it’s worth having a conversation about how fandom is totally fine with jumping into the idea that james is a poc, despite the fact that his background is so obviously aligned with every spoiled, rich, white kid at any boarding school in england while the moment someone mentions headcanoning snape as a poc, there’s accusations of racism getting thrown around???
like there’s just as many hints for a non-white snape as there are for a non-white james. his skin tone, his hair, and his nose are all… in some ways uncomfortably close to propaganda descriptions of jewish or muslim people. he comes from a working-poor background, which tends to be non-white. it’s just as much in the realm of possibility that he could be a poc as james potter, rich boy extraordinaire. but while one headcanon is embraced so much it’s become a fandom trend, the other is completely ridiculed????