Prejudices - a question

[Andrea]

No: HPFGUIDX 16245

--- heidi <heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu> wrote:
> I'm just wondering something....
> Just a question I'm tossing out here:
> 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?

Well, I'm not saying that we should forgive Ron's
prejudices, just understand where they might be coming
from.  He *does* prove receptive to new ideas, such as
having a half-giant and a house elf as a friend, which
IMO is the true key.  Draco has similar, though even
more pronounced, prejudices against giants, house
elves, and Muggle-borns, but he has thusfar proven
totally resistant to any notion that he might be
wrong.

Anyone can grow up with prejudices, and it's
understandable that this is the first thought in a new
situation.  But it's what they do then that really
makes the difference.



Andrea II

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"Reality is for people who lack imagination."

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