[HPforGrownups] Re: Is there anything in the HP world that bothers you?
The Fox
the_fox01 at hotmail.com
Tue Apr 29 23:58:52 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 56525
From: "Laura" <metslvr19 at yahoo.com>
>But as for strict wizarding aspects of HP, the Mandrakes are way up there!
>Along with the werewolf stereotypes- which I include as an "almost strictly
>wizarding problem" because although racism is definitely a Muggle issue,
>werewolves are not.
I don't get that the werewolf thing is an allegory for racism, actually.
She handles the racism pretty handily with the pureblood/mudblood issue; I
see lycanthropy=AIDS, quite frankly. Anyone else?
Fox
...
Come on, Nature
Just because I don't feel weak
Don't mean I feel so strong.
-- the Proclaimers
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