Question about James

[scooting2win]

No: HPFGUIDX 78948

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "queenofeverythang" 
<queenofeverythang at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "fawkes970" 
> <sollecks970 at a...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Christy" 
> <christyj2323 at y...> 
> > wrote:
> > > Hi y'all,
> > > 
> > > I have a question that I haven't been able to find an answes 
> to, and
> > > was wondering if somebody could give me either an answer 
> or a place 
> > to
> > > check (other than the Lexicon, which I have checked).
> > > 
> > > Do we know or have any idea if James' family was one of the 
> pure
> > > blooded wizard families? I know that there's been almost no 
> > reference
> > > to them in the books, but I've been considering some things, 
> and was
> > > wondering if there was a consensus about this. And so far 
> have found
> > > nothing to indicate one way or the other. Am I missing 
> something?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Well Christy: Comments about purebloods and mudbloods 
> have led me to 
> > beleive that James is infact pure blood: this is because when 
> people 
> > tunr on Harry and refer to Lily as a mudblood, nobody ever 
> uses James 
> > either: My question is how harry is a half-blood? if his mother 
> and 
> > father were both indeed with+wizard, why wouldnt they start a 
> pure 
> > blood generation? any comments?
> > 
> > "Pat (fawkes)"
> 
> I think the point is that purists in the WW consider "mudbloods" 
> to be less than wizards/witches - since Harry is half wizard and 
> half "mudblood" he is a half-blood wizard. It may be ridiculous, 
> but it's exactly how we deal with race identity (definitely in 
> America).  Harry is likened to a 'mulatto'. It doesn't matter that 
Lily 
> was a witch, she was still the child of two muggles - And as far 
> as Harry is concerned it only takes a drop of muggle blood to be 
> considered unpure, and he's got much more than a drop.
> 
> -> QoE - who thinks that JkR has a lot of issues bubbling (not so 
> far) under the surface of these very entertaining books about 
> magic ; )

Small note: The Lexicon does say that Harry is half-blood, with a 
muggle-born witch mother, and a wizard father. It's under the new 
section of Blood Status. Not that it's going to help you find out 
about James' parents, which I was hoping it would. But it at least 
answers this one question. James' family had to be a wizarding 
family because it states that James is a wizard not a half-blood. 
Lori