Ron: prejudices, Harry

[bbennett at joymail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 16321

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer <pennylin at s...>
 
> Several people have pointed out that Ron is willing to put his
prejudices aside willingly & quickly.  But, thinking to 
yourself, "Oh, so & so is a "good" [fill in racial ephithet]; he/she 
isn't like the "others" is not abandoning one's overall prejudicial 
attitude toward a group.  It's just making individual exceptions.>

But isn't this how one learns to put aside prejudices - by 
recognizing exceptions on an individual level and moving on from 
there? 

I also don't think that Ron's ideas about house elfs 
can really be discussed without mentioning Harry, who certainly 
sided with Ron over Hermione on the issue (albeit passively), and is 
every bit as disinterested in S.P.E.W. as Ron. If Ron's prejudices 
can't be forgiven, then should we also condemn Harry for his 
passive acceptance of house elf enslavement?

B <sigh> - working late again