[HPforGrownups] Re: Hermione's rude comment

[jazmyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 74571



Lady Macbeth wrote:
> Lisa G wrote:
>  > Well, let me phrase my thought in another way. You're a thirteen
>  > year old girl. Two girls that you DO NOT like by any stretch of
>  > the imagination are dreamily talking about a guy they think is
>  > soooooo cute.... sigh. They glance your way and say, with a
>  > sniff, "So, what do you think of him?" You reply, almost lazily,
>  > "Oh, I don't know. I don't think he's so great." "What do you
>  > MEAN?? He's the dreamiest!" they squeal at you. You roll your
>  > eyes, and make some sort of mildly insulting comment about the
>  > object of their affection (Well, he runs like a girl), smirk to
>  > yourself over the way their little jaws drop indignantly, and
>  > get on with your life.
> 
> Wanda Said:
>  >>> So now I find it rather disorienting that Hermione just
> casually tosses off what in the wizarding world is basically a
> racial insult, and nothing comes of it. Nobody speaks to her, nobody
>

(snip)

You forget, the wizard world in fact doesn't consider it racist. 
Remember that the average wizard's attitude toward other races is not a 
pleasant one. They don't even seem to understand the concept of slavery 
when it comes to the house elves. Even Dumbledore mentioned that the 
Wizard World doesn't treat its fellow intelligent creatures well.  So 
Hermione's comment would not be considered racist in the Wizard World. 
If the Wizard World even had any care at all what a person called a 
centaur, they would not be keeping House Elves as slaves or S.P.E.W. 
would be more popular a cause.

Its clear Dumbledore is right.  Dumbledore or Hagrid might have said 
something to Hermione if he had overheard the comment, but fellow 
students and most wizards would not.

Jazmyn