On his podcast
The Problem with Jon Stewart, the former
Daily Show host didn’t hold back on his feelings about the anti-Semitic tropes present in
Harry Potter. With the most recent episode, Stewart addresses author
J.K Rowling’s use of anti-Semitic caricatures in her books.
The reference for his argument lies in the 1903 book
The Protocols of The Elders of Zion, which is known as anti-Semitic text. The book features characters that bear resemblance to the goblin creatures in the
Harry Potter books.
“Here’s how you know Jews are still where they are,” said Stewart, who is Jewish. “I just want to show you a caricature. And they’re like, ‘Oh, look at that, that’s from Harry Potter!’ And you’re like, ‘No, that’s a caricature of a Jew from an anti-Semitic piece of literature.’ J.K. Rowling was like, ‘Can we get these guys to run our bank?’ ” Stewart said.
He adds that in the world of Harry Potter, people “can ride dragons and someone can own a pet owl,” yet he wondered: “Who should run the bank? Jews.
“It was one of those things where I saw it on the screen and I was expecting the crowd to be like, ‘Holy sh*t, [Rowling] did not, in a wizarding world, just throw Jews in there to run the f*cking underground bank,’ ” the comedian continued. “And everybody was just like, ‘Wizards.’ It was so weird.”
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I think he walkin this shyt back more because he doesn't want to participate in cancel culture. 
