Mudbloods, Halfbloods, and Purebloods (long)

[Joanne0012 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 30510

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Jenny from Ravenclaw" <meboriqua at a...> wrote:
> When I was a teen, I was first introduced to the notion 
> of "restricted" country clubs, where my family would never have been 
> able to be member because we are Jewish.  Obviously, the people who 
> run those clubs feel superior to us Jews, so they decide to not let us 
> in.  

Actually, my experience with people like that is that often they feel 
*inferior*, saying things like the Jews will take over if we let them in (e.g., a 
country club) or if we don't set quotas (e.g., many prestigious colleges in the 
not-too-distant past).  Remember, the wizarding world is hiding from muggles 
because of persecution, and goes to great lengths to stay in hiding, so any 
muggle contact, including students from muggle families, is a threat to their 
security.  If they weren't afraid of the mudbloods, they could just disdain 
them and let them fail on their on merits, which we all know isn't going to 
happen.
 
> JKR is clearly trying to show us how unfair and unreasonable people 
> are when it comes to heritage because she makes strong examples of 
> Mudbloods, like Hermione, being better at magic than the purest 
> Purebloods, like Draco Malfoy.  

Further evidence that the prejudice of the Malfoys et al. is based on fear 
rather than a true feeling of superiority.