People upset with Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling over her "biological gender matters" stance are now claiming she is anti-Semitic, based on the stories' treatment of the Gringotts goblins. Perhaps there is an argument to be made, but I believe they have the wrong target in blaming Rowling.
A close reading of her books doesn't reveal much about goblins that could be read as anti-Semitic. Her goblins have some common elements with the dwarves in J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. She makes clear that while wizards use their banking skills and buy their fine metalwork, historically wizards have treated goblins badly, along with elves, centaurs, etc.
It is the filmic treatment of the Harry Potter novels that could give people the notion Rowling's goblins were an anti-Semitic dig. If someone is going to find anti-Semitism in the Potter goblins, blame the films' depiction/visualization much more than the book descriptions for giving that impression.
Full disclosure: The DrsC are longtime Potter fans. We own well-used sets of the books, the DVDs, and the audio books.
