Race in HP

[jmhohman_2000]

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From: jmhohman_2000
Subject: Re: Race in HP
Reply To: [Yahoo! #6765] Re: Race in HP
Date: 8/13/00 12:21 pm  (ET)

|Come to think of it, before we speak we should |ALWAYS examine
| whether what we say is
|
| 1. True
| 2. Kind
| 3. and Necessary.

| Following this formula would immediately | ELIMINATE nearly all of the
| nonsense we poison the world with daily.

Bravo - couldn't say it better myself.

Re: my initial post re: house elves, their speech, and my discomfort,
let me make sure that people understand that I was sharing my personal
reaction/discomfort. I was not trying to state with any claim of knowledge
that J. K. Rowling is racist or anything like that.

One of the things that I really enjoy about the HP series is that
prejudice in general, about individuals and about groups and the
misunderstandings and lost opportunities that result, is a major theme
in each book.

Harry is frequently misunderstood by his peers and some of his
teachers (Snape, Trelawney, etc.) and frequently he, Hermione and
Ron make bad judgements about people that are later proven quite
wrong. Furthermore, there are quite serious consequences that result
from these misunderstandings.

Jim