Blacks in HP (was: Dean again - Bill's living - JKR's activities)

[Haggridd]

No: HPFGUIDX 21135

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> ProfessorPhlash has opened the can of worms yet wider (and you did 
> give a link, Professor--you're cleverer than you know).  Dean Thomas 
> is not mentioned in the Philosopher's Stone version of "The Sorting 
> Hat" at all (it would be p. 91 of the paperback, those of you too 
> tired to link over to hpgalleries).  By the time Harry tunes back in 
> after being Sorted himself,
> 
>   "And now there were only three people left to be sorted.  [NB:  
This 
> sentence exists in the US version, but it's a Flint, because the 
book 
> then goes on to name Thomas, Turpin, Weasley, and Zabini.]  'Turpin, 
> Lisa' became a Ravenclaw and then it was Ron's turn.  He was pale 
> green by now . . ."  etc.
> 
> This doesn't mean Dean isn't there; Harry just isn't watching or 
> listening, just as he isn't for the R's and S's who are probably in 
> there somewhere; he's getting his hand shaken by Percy, his arm 
patted 
> by Nick, etc.  But we're still ISO Dean's race in the UK edition 
(and 
> his extreme height, for that matter--the US says he's "even taller 
> than Ron," a descriptor that I don't believe shows up anywhere else 
in 
> the books).  Other references, anyone?

I don't recall any references to Dean's race.  The only persons 
described as black are both friends of the twins:  Lee Jordan, and 
Angelina, who went to the Yule Ball with Gred--or was it Forge?  I 
hope I haven't restated the obvious.

Haggridd