Prejudices (was Malfoy's Choice of Date)

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 36440

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Jake Storm" <that1guy_hp at h...> wrote:
> Yes, we know that he was discounting Black or eventually Pettigrew,
but do 
> we know the *why*? Was he simply applying house prejudice, being a 
> Gryffindor himself before getting the boot? Or was it simply that
Hagrid had 
> no desire to tell Harry "Oh, yes, there was one non-Slytherin that
went bad, 
> your godfather, the one that betrayed your parents..." Seems a bit
harsh if 
> you ask me, to drop that on a young boy without much warning.

I agree, telling Harry about Black at the time would've been a Bad
Thing.  But given Hagrid's tendency to blurt out things that shouldn't
be blurted out, as well as the fact that his mental processes are...
uhm... uncomplicated, I doubt that was the reason he told Harry that
all evil wizards came from Slytherin.  I think he just didn't think
about Black when he made that statement.

Mind you, I don't believe for a moment that there weren't other
non-Slytherins working for Voldemort; but if the vast majority of his
supporters were Slytherins, I suspect most people, even more
discerning ones than Hagrid, would find it easy to dismiss any
exceptions that didn't fit their nicely arranged prejudices.

Marina
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