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The result is that the chocolate carrying Harry Potter’s name is likely produced with slave labor. In the Harry Potter universe, chocolate holds a special place says Slack: “Chocolate carries incredible magical properties in the wizarding world. After a Dementor attack, chocolate is what can make a person return to their senses. We believe very firmly that the magic in the wizarding world is grounded in intentions and origins. So if the chocolate were made through exploitation or slavery of children, it would be removed of all magical properties and be worthless in the wake of a Dementor attack.” Slack also cites heroine Hermione Granger’s founding of an “organization to free house-elves” and her advocacy for “fair wages to Muggle-borns, werewolves, and half-giants” as a further connection between the Harry Potter stories and his group’s activism.

They hoped we’d go away after that; curl up and retreat to our cupboards-under-the-stairs, and keep supporting their chocolate frogs regardless of the children being harmed. But that’s where they’re wrong. Clearly, they aren’t aware of just how determined we can be. Well, after all, they didn’t grow up with Harry, Ron, and especially Hermione teaching them to stand up for those who have no voice of their own.