[HPforGrownups] Have Slytherins always been hated?

[Hana]

No: HPFGUIDX 37995

>So anyways to sum up, maybe the Slytherins weren't hated when the
>Marauders were in school. Maybe that is a fairly recent development.

>Megs

I'm not entirely sure, but I think Voldemort was rising in power when the Marauders were in school.  There's a timeline of the entire HP universe that's been compiled from dates mentioned in the books, and ages mentioned by JKR in interviews 
( http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/timeline_main.html )
It indicates that the Marauders were probably in school in the 1970s and that's around the time Voldemort began to rise in power. It makes it a tough call as to any prejudices existing during their schooling though near the end I'd have to say that there were probably a lot.

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