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My take on it is that it doesn't really matter what race was specified in the book, translating characters to a stage/screen is never going to have them looking the way we imagine them when we read about them anyway. It's a bit strange to switch now given that the movies had already come out, with a white actress as Hermione, but... her race is a negligible issue, in the context of this story.(in some stories the character's race is important) So if a black actress was the best one for an entirely different adaptation, then sure. It's somewhat unusual, but I don't see the problem.