I am disappointed, and I feel alienated about J.K. Rowling's antics. I don't follow J.K. Rowling on Twitter, but I occasionally follow up on her tweets when BuzzFeed posts about it. Like her Author Avatar Hermione Granger, J.K. Rowling has strong opinions on social issues especially those pertaining to racial and gender conflicts. At first, I brushed it off as "pandering" to her American fans, who have racial and gender struggles mostly figured out. But I've discovered through multiple videos on YouTube in the last month that my beloved author who has inspired me to become a writer, has become a Trump hating, self-hating white upper class feminist that panders to Black Lives Matter and wants to open the Western borders to Arabs that can potentially be terrorists.
Now, it's one thing to be passionate about the plight of colored people immigrating into first world countries in the West, but after some time, it's been coming off to me like she's just trying to stay relevant somehow, especially after The Casual Vacancy flopped. Furthermore, she's been alienating fans that might have different political opinions, especially when it comes to American politics. I know it shouldn't have to color my perception of her, but it does because she's being kind of a jerk about it too. And now, I hear her fans have been demanding that she put her money where her mouth is.
Now, I appreciate celebrities who are passionate about the cause of their choice. I respect that Lady Gaga championed marriage equality despite being mostly straight herself. I respect that Linkin Park built an organization to help victims of natural disasters. I respect Shakira for fostering education in her home country of Colombia. And I especially respect Angelina Jolie for immersing herself in impoverished communities in the third world. But these other celebrities actually make formal speeches, raise money, or help build infrastructure to help the less fortunate, while all J.K. Rowling does is tweet about it.
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