[HPforGrownups] Re: Voldemort as History, American Parallelisms.

[Denise Rogers]

No: HPFGUIDX 3051

It wasn't until H.S. that we were taught of the horrors the US perpetrated themselves during WW2, concerning the Japanese-Americans and their camps.  It doesn't matter what country you are a member of, all peoples have the possibility to treat people wrongly because of race or color, features, intelligence level, or even disability (esp. the US!).  Voldemort's viewpoints are not an isolated case.  Did the English/UK/British Isles do anything as bad as we during the war?

Dee

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Heather Edmonds 
  To: HPforGrownups at egroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 2:09 PM
  Subject: Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: Voldemort as History



  > > > Of course, it's strange to think that kids in the Wizarding World
  > > > don't know the details about this very important aspect of their own
  history.

  It doesn't surprise me. I can't remember exact dates but for a long time
  German children were not taught any history relating to WWII Concentration
  camps and the Third Reich. British Kids are rarely taught the history of
  colonialism and empire building certainly it is not on the National
  Curriculum for 5 - 16. We have a habit of not teaching about past incidents
  of which we are ashamed or embarrassed, or sometimes we just avoid it
  because the subject is still to raw and painful.

  I imagine after Voldemorts fall there could have been scenes in the
  wizarding world similar to those in France after Liberation. with
  collaborators punished by the resistance. Theres a kind of parallel there I
  suppose. Death Eaters et al as collaborators and Aurors etc as Resistance.

  Heather


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