Why was it bad for J.K Rowling to write about skinwalkers?

I'm not Native American, and I'm not nearly as familiar of Native American lore as I should be in order to give a more comprehensive answer. But I will try to answer your question from a culture appropriation perspective. read more

JK Rowling has been accused of appropriating the “living tradition of a marginalised people” by writing about the Navajo legend of the skinwalker in a new story. The Harry Potter author posted the first part of a four-part series, the History of Magic in North America on her website Pottermore, on Tuesday. read more

Rowling's"Magic in North America" series will not only cover skin-walkers, but more American magical topics such as the Salem witch trials, the US wizarding school Ilvermorny and the Magical Congress of the United States of America. read more