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JK Rowling attacks black Hermione 'racists'
Author JK Rowling has described people who criticised the casting of a black actress as Hermione in the new Harry Potter play as "a bunch of racists". The Harry Potter creator told The Observer that she had "a great deal of difficulty with" their insistence that the character "must be a white woman". Olivier winner Noma Dumezweni "was the best actress for the job," she went on. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child begins previewing at London's Palace Theatre on Tuesday.
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