The Female Students -- Brit race

[joanne0012]

No: HPFGUIDX 33387

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "christi0469" <christi0469 at h...> wrote:
>  Does anyone have a ball-park figure for the ratio of caucasians to 
> minorities in the UK? I know in america the figure varies by region 
> (I have no clue what the numbers here are, but you get a feel for 
> what the mix of an average crowd is). If the UK is more heavily 
> caucasian than america we americans would see an accurate ethnic 
> student population as skewed. 

According to an article in the Christian Science Monitor (at 
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/04/26/fp8s1-csm.shtml ):

"About 6.5 percent of Britain's population has a minority ethnic background, with 
the largest groups drawn from South Asia, the Caribbean, and Africa."

This is a much lower percentage than in almost any part of the US (except 
possibly the Midwest) and since 6.5 percent is about one in 15, it would seem 
that the minority representation at Hogwarts is reasonable.    

Please, let's not get into another debate about ht number of students at 
Hogwarts!  The HP Lexicon lists about 80 students, we don't even know the 
ethnic background of most of them, yet more than 6.5 percent (i.e., 1 per 15) 
of the kids for whom we KNOW a race are minorities (Patils, Jordan, Chang, et 
al.).  However, as in the Muggle world, integration of faculty lags far behind 
integration of the student body!