Hagrid's Prejudice

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 40885

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., elfundeb at a... wrote:
 
> I have different thoughts on Hagrid's prejudices.  I don't think he 
so much believes in egalitarianism as much as he wants to adopt the 
beliefs of Dumbledore, whom he idolizes.  He really doesn't seem to 
have opinions of his own; they are drawn either from his culture or 
from Dumbledore, and his sweeping generalizations reflect his 
childlike need to have simple explanations for the realities of his 
world.>

This confuses me a bit.  What beliefs of Dumbledore's is Hagrid trying 
to adopt?  We rarely, if ever, hear Dumbledore express any opinion 
about another person, and we see him angry only once, in GoF.  That is 
one of the things I love about Dumbledore: he really does make an 
effort to see past people's weaknesses, pasts, problems, etc. to their 
strengths (even Hagrid, though I don't think he made a wise choice 
there).  Hagrid, however, doesn't have much to base his prejudices on, 
and his dislike of Tom Riddle isn't enough for me, especially to still 
harbor such an intense dislike for *all* Slytherins so many years 
later.

--jenny from ravenclaw *******************************