[HPforGrownups] Re: Ron: prejudices, meanness

[morine10 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 16342


Dumbledore to Fudge at the end of GoF:

"Extend them the hand of friendship, now, before it is too late," said 
Dumbledore, "or Voldemort will persuade them, as he did before, that he alone 
among wizards will give them their rights and their freedom."

Fudge then goes on to state that this would be the end of his career because 
people hate the giants.  

What did the giants do?  They were aligned with Voldemort the last time 
around. They may very well have committed some unspeakable atrocities, and 
the mere mention of them brings forth fear in the hearts of some members of 
the wizarding community.

We don't know what Ron has heard about what the giants have done.  For all we 
know, a group of giants could have come and murdered half of his family in 
their beds. 

I do not condone racism in any way, shape, or form but I hardly think that 
Ron is a racist.  He is, however, expressing the fear that is already deep 
set in the wizarding community.  He gives us the first glimpse of it - before 
it is mentioned by Dumbledore and Fudge.

~Moey
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"Can I have a look at Uranus too, Lavender?" 
        -Ron Weasley, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire


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