The wizarding world and empire (was Democracy and prejudice)

[pengolodh_sc <pengolodh_sc@yahoo.no>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50753

--- In HPforGrownups, Ebony wrote:
> I was with you, agreeing in some points, disagreeing with others,
> but pretty much following your theory up until the very end, where
> you said:
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups, "manawydan" wrote:
> 
> > Whereas in WW, there does not seem to be any concept of a "3rd
> > World", of the legacy of Empire, or of any sort of racial
> > dimension.
> > 
> > Or indeed any sort of religious one either.
> 
> 
> Oh, definitely not.
> 
> I beg to differ strongly with you here.
> 
> If the wizarding world did not mirror the Muggle one in any way...
> 
> ...then why are Dean Thomas and Angelina Johnson named thusly?  

It is not a given that Dean Thomas' name reflects typical practice in 
the wizarding world.  It has always been my assumption that Dean 
Thomas is muggleborn (canon doesn't seem to actually say so, but 
there are indications - being a Westham FC-fan, for instance), and 
Angelina Johnson may well be so too, as far as I can see.  I do not 
think one can conclude from the names of those two characters that 
the wizarding world has had the same attitude towards race as the 
muggle-world, given that they easily both can be muggle-born.  They 
would then represent former (I hope) attitudes towards race in the 
muggle-world rather than in the wizarding world.  Even if they 
themselves are not muggleborn, the family-names can have come into 
the wizarding-world by way of marriage in earlier time, or by way of 
an ancestor being a muggleborn wizard or witch.

Best regards
Christian Stubø