Ron Week: Prejudices - a question

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No: HPFGUIDX 16242


> How many of you who forgive Ron's prejudices about giants and house 
elves because "he grew up in a wizarding family" would be willing to 
(a) consider the genesis of Draco's seeming prejudices against 
muggle-born witches & wizards, and (b) forgive him those?


I don't forgive Ron for his prejudices, actually, and cannot 
understand why he continues to support the enslavement of house elves.  
I think JKR must have more to say on the topic, because in GoF, house 
elves are still as badly off as they were in CoS.  However, Ron does 
learn with experience, as he did with Lupin.  I'd like to think that 
he will learn to be more tolerant with other "interestin' creatures" 
too.  I also think his prejudices are very much a part of his 
personality, which is prone to making rash judgments and sometimes 
nasty comments without any thought at all first.

As for Draco, I'm still standing by my belief that he is completely 
swayed by what Daddy believes.  If Lucius says so, so does Draco.  I 
think in the future, Draco will be forced to think on his own.  Let's 
see what he comes up with then!

--Jenny fr