[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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