One reporter reacts to JKR's revelations

[delwynmarch]

susanmcgee wrote:
> What I mean is that I, myself, from reading, 
> experience, and life figure out that what I 
> was taught as a child -- that people with dark 
> skin are inferior in some ways -- is untrue. 
> I start to examine those assumptions, I think 
> about them, I think critically, and I begin to 
> change my mind.

Del replies:
And this is all good and fine, but it's also 
exclusively *personal*: just because YOU go 
through such changes and growth, doesn't mean 
anyone else should be expected or forced to do 
so too, especially not at the same time and in 
the same way. That's the huge difference between 
overcoming personal prejudices and erasing social 
prejudices: we are all free to work on our own 
prejudices as hard and as early as we want, but 
we can't hold anyone else to the same calendar. 
We can and should work toward "enlightening" 
other people, but when people will actually 
give up their prejudices is not in our control.

> So, answer this question..is it okay that 
> lesbians/gays lose jobs, get beat up, get 
> thrown up because of their orientation? Is it 
> or isn't it?

Not in my opinion, no. More generally, I don't 
think *anyone* should be beaten up or throw on 
to the street for *any* reason.

But what does this have to do with some HP readers 
not wanting DD to be gay???

Del