A request for my fellow #PotterHeads : Please stop making a big deal out of Papaa Essiedu being cast as Snape in a book-faithful adaptation. Snape is never explicity defined as white. I can certainly understand the concern for certain aspects of the story potentially coming off as racist, and there are some real discussions to be had there, but please stop pretending that Snape's skin color was ever explicitly defined in the books. #HarryPotter #HarryPotterHBO