JKR picked up on a common trope of jewish bankers in fantasy literature. From Tolkien: “The dwarves of course are quite obviously, wouldn’t you say that in many ways they remind you of the Jews? Their words are Semitic, obviously, constructed to be Semitic."https://twitter.com/iliseweiner/status/1269415687245701122 …
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Yet, he talks about speech, not they being Jews or any of that shite. Don't get me wrong, now. I just don't see the need for this allegory or any other, mind you, when he himself didn't recognise allegory in his work. He didn't write to tell people what to think.
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