Black Twitter never ceases to amaze. Its latest creation? #IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU – a magical mix of all things Harry Potter and black culture.
Note: HBCU stands for historically black college/university.
The hilarious fantasy world comes complete with a few casting changes.
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU Harry Potter would be Dwayne Wayne @KadeemHardison #adifferentworld
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU The Smolletts would be the Weasleys
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU HEADMASTER FREEMAN!
YEESSS!! RT @lilreddrae: #IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU Defense against the dark arts professor:
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU Aretha Franklin would've been The Fat Lady, stairwells would've be poppin
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU Raven Symone would be High Inquisitor & Head of the Improper Use of Blackness.
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU the prisoner of Azkaban would be Assata Shakur
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU Wendy Williams would be head gossip writer at the Daily Prophet
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU The Order of the Phoenix would all be ex Panthers turned teachers. Death Eaters would be Black Republicans.
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU the Sorting Hat would be a church crown.
Some new professors and classes.
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU Intro To Black Don't Crack
The Professors of Intro to Black Girl Magic. #IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU then Defense Against the Darks Arts classes would actually be African American Studies classes.
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU meet your herbology instructor, Professor Badu.
Founder of Huffle Puff #IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU Future would teach Potions
A bit less chill.
Actual factual RT @BienSur_JeTaime: #IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU This would be EVERY quidditch match:
Added Greek life.
#ifhogwartswasanhbcu slytherin, hufflepuff, ravenclaw, and gryffindor would be the greek lines
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU pledges would walk around in invisibility cloaks
A dash of woke.
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU the school motto would be "Moram Expergefactus." That's Latin for "Stay Woke."
#ifHogwartsWasAnHBCU Staying Woke 101 w/ Professor Williams
Son. RT @_Flavko_: #IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU they'd have a defense against the white arts class
A little Love & Hip Hop.
"THERE'S A TROLL IN THE DUNGEON!" #IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU
Some new spells.
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU there would be a spell for instant twist outs for those days when your twist outs come out a mess. "wingardium afrosa"
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU this would be someone handing you their mixtape
Instead of saying "lumos" to get our wands to light up, we'd say "it's lit." #IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU
The street version of Harry's lightning-bolt scar.
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU Harry Potter would have a teardrop tat instead of a lightning bolt scar
Relatable rewards.
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU Catching the snitch would get you permanent 24 hour visitation
Better food.
#IFHogwartsWasAnHBCU Whenever they had those feasts, it would all be soul food.
Defense of athletes.
"Who let the mud blood in here?" " Chill fam he's on a Quidditch Scholarship." #IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU
And finally, refund checks. Because it ain't an HBCU without the petty financial aid person making lives miserable by messing up everyone's refund checks.
#IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU Severus Snape would be responsible for releasing refund checks
Who can we talk to about making this happen?!!!
