Invisible minorities

[holly_phoenix_11]

No: HPFGUIDX 79385

Finchen:
> I wonder if it is relevant if there is a left handed person. I am a 
lefty
> myself and except for pens I can manage living without any 
problems. So what
> should it be important for? You can also ask Why Cho is an asiatic 
girl or
> why Lee is afro...
> 
> Yours Finchen


me, holly :

Well, considering that the only difficulty you experience as a left-
handed is an object (a pen) and a skill (writing), that has very much 
to do with holding something right, we could consider it relatively 
important if someone was stated left-handed in the books, as it is 
pretty much a similar thing to hold a wand instead of a pen. You hold 
it right, and you acquire a skill by doing so, which is casting 
spells. Of course, the way that you hold your wand and how 
comfortable you are with this is very critical. 
As for why Cho is asiatic, it is not canon (as far as I remember), 
only the name is stating the she could be asiatic, and this could be 
misleading. Hermione is not an english name, yet she is not pictured 
as greek, even if the name itself is greek. And Lee is afro, maybe 
because (from my experience) not every english person is white in 
skin. 

Personally, being left-handed has mysteriously not affected my 
writing with both hands. I started writing with the left, 
then "forced" to write with the right hand because of my body's 
unhealthy disposition while writing with the hand that nature chose 
for me. But there are problems that are sometimes very hard to cope 
with, but in the magic world, I don't think they would be worth 
mentioning. For example, instead of using the key on a door every 
time the wrong way, you can simply say "Alohomora" with either hand 
and voila! the door is open (I could very much like to use it in my 
work, where I have to open vaults and have a very difficult time 
doing so...)

cheers
holly_phoenix_11