if i roll up to a punk show and someone’s jacket says fuckin “CABBAGE” across the back, that is immediately my favorite person in the building
some of my students are the kids of the significant Indian population in my area, and every so often the subject of England will come up in a lesson. those kids have some harsh words for the english. most of them have living relatives who remember the 40s famines there.
and yes, shit talking people who have societal power is generally more okay than doing the same with people who don’t have societal power. “racism” against white americans is way more toothless than racism against, say, black americans.
polyjuice potion does change your voice though, when harry and ron turn into crabbe and goyle in book 2 they specifically speak in their voices
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