Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-31308946-20170422155814/@comment-26119768-20170422161841

Statistically speaking it's much more likely that she is white, since the UK is around 87%  white, however the chances of her ethnicity being different will obviously vary depending on what part of England she is from. However, authors don't usually describe their characters appearance based on statistics, so unless it's specifically stated in the books we only have speculation and hereditary gymnastics to go off of. Or, you can just imagine Hermione as being whatever race you prefer, which is part of what makes books so great. Unlike movies which fill in every visual detail, you can take whatever description the author has provided and build upon it to create a character or building or scene tailored to you and different from whatever anyone else would imagine.

Anyways, has there really been a raging debate on this subject? That seems like a waste of time.