Mudbloods, Halfbloods, and Purebloods (long)

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No: HPFGUIDX 30643

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Joanne0012 at a... wrote:
> 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, 


As a point of nit-pickiness, we don't actually know that this is why 
the wizarding world is hidden.  Arthur Weasley says it's because 
wizards don't want to be bothered with coming up with magical 
solutions for everybodies problems, although that's likely a 
simplistic view.

Joshua Dyal