Invisible minorities

[erinellii]

No: HPFGUIDX 78974

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "quigonginger" 
<quigonginger at y...> 
> wrote:
> > Recent threads have gotten me thinking.
> > 
> > I am a member of an invisible minority.  We are about 10% of the 
> > population, and are found throughout all religions, cultures, and 
> > nationalities.  Some have tried to change us and make 
us "normal", 
> > but that has toned down in the last generation.  I have found no 
> > mention of any of us in HP.  In fact, there is only one person 
who is 
> > stated as being in the majority.  
> > 
> > I have always read by putting myself in the position of the 
> > characters.  So, to me, they are all like me unless the text 
> > specificly states otherwise.  So, by my calculations, there 
should be 
> > between 28 and 100 (depending on your estimate of the student 
body) 
> > people at Hogwarts, and another 106 on the list who are like me.  
> > 
> > No one that I have seen has made a big deal out of the lack of my 
> > people in the books.  In fact, in the realm of literature, it is 
only 
> > brought up if it is crucial to the plot or of the author is one 
of us.
> > 
> > So what do y'all think?  Is there a reason that not one of the 
> > characters in Harry Potter has been distinguished as being left-
> > handed?
> > 
> > My point here:  we all see things from our own perspective.  We 
all 
> > look for ourselves in books.  If we have something that is 
different 
> > from the norm, (by that I mean the *statistical* majority) we 
look 
> > for it specificly.  Because that is who we are, and how we see 
> > ourselves and our relation to the characters.
> > 
> > Ginger, who hates manual can openers.  Try it left-handed 
sometime!
> > BTW, I would be so sad if Harry and Bill ended up together.  It 
would 
> > kill my Bill/Remus ship.
> 
> What odds would you give that Prof. Sinistra is left-handed?
> You may have a moment of glory yet.
> 
> Kneasy


I betcha anything that Dean Thomas, the artist, is left-handed.  

Erin