The 'Other' in the HP books (was: Harry's Sexual Preference SHIP) - LONG

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No: HPFGUIDX 78020

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jdr0918" <jdr0918 at h...> wrote:
> <<<"psychic_serpent" wrote:...I think that JK Rowling's clever and 
> non-preachy way of addressing these issues allows readers to draw 
> their own conclusions about how we treat the 'other' and how those 
> who ARE 'other' can search for and find their places in the 
world.  
> So, no, people who see gay undercurrents in the books are NOT 
> imagining things, I believe, but I would also be very surprised if 
> the undercurrents ever become overt references to sexual 
minorities.  
> She's engaging in stealth tactics that are necessary to get these 
> themes into a series that is read by huge numbers of children.  
Given 
> the Potter-denouncers who are already incensed about the magic in 
the 
> books, I doubt she wants to give them more ammunition. Let's hope 
> they never notice the gay-friendly subtext in the books...>>>
> 
>Severus here:

     The under currents could be read by any persecuted minority 
group as references to them.  Anyone that has been singled out 
because of their genetic, religous, sexual, or racial differences 
can identify with Harry and his want of a place where he feels he 
belongs. So these books deal with that subject all the time, 
everyone longs to be in a society that excepts them completely as 
one of their own.
Earlier, we were talking sexual preference, not social acceptance.

Severus