Elizabeth Warren must sense that she’s out of the running for Vice President, because she’s seeking out a new job—from J. K. Rowling, author of the wildly popular Harry Potter series (and, most recently, an American expansion to the wizarding universe).
After Warren, who was once a minority-hire professor at Harvard (recall that she claims to be part American Indian), heard that Rowling’s new American school of Witchcraft is in her district, she immediately petitioned to fill a notorious open slot.
Looking for a Defense Against the Dark Arts prof, @jk_rowling? Where do I apply? Trump, Death Eaters – I got this! https://t.co/TDgHbeyApU
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) June 29, 2016
Warren’s Dark Arts combat experience seems limited to directing eighth grade-level insults at Donald Trump and haranguing Wall Street bankers—not exactly the level of skill you need to teach students how to best Basilisks, shatter Horcruxes and beat Boggarts into submission. Muggle “magic” just doesn’t work the same.
On the plus side, just as she did at Harvard, Warren can help Rowling in the diversity department. Rowling has faced claims of cultural appropriation for her Magic in North America series, which critics say borrows heavily from traditional Native American folklore.
With Elizabeth “Fauxcahontas” Warren on staff as Hogwarts (or its American cousin) as the first official Magic Diversity Officer, providing the wizarding world with a much-needed Native American presence, Rowling can easily defeat any social justice-y criticism.
