[HPforGrownups] Re: Hermione's rude comment (slang and stuff)(longish again)

[The Crashing Boar]

No: HPFGUIDX 74712

From: severusbook4 
  <<<snip>This whole thing of Hermione being racist or rather a speciesist 
  is unfounded, she is the first to be singled out as a mudblood and 
  she is rather hurt by it, this would make her the last to use 
  someone's race or species as an insult against them. <snip>>>

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  The point of discussing this was, IMO, because Hermione *did* make comments that could be read as predudiced, so there is a foundation for the thread.  Exploring whether she actually meant anything by them, or whether JKR was trying to say something about HG, the plot to come, or something already published is one of the reasons this list was set up.

  As to a person who is subjected to racial slurs not being capable of a similar offence, human history is sadly full of examples of the fallacy of that arguement.  For a WW example, try Tom Riddle.

  Dawn


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