[HPforGrownups] OOP: Giants, Elves, Centaurs (was "Giants")

[T.M. Sommers]

No: HPFGUIDX 69350

Leon Adato wrote:
 >
> It suddenly struck me that the Grawp storyline ties into the SPEW
> storyline and raises a possible overall plot arc: That you can neither
> treat other people/speiceis/groups as if they are sub-human...
> 
> ...nor as if they are exactly human.
> 
> What I mean is that you cannot expect elves to live by human standards -
> being "free", wearing cloths, having "just a job", etc. It is (as many
> have argued) against their nature. But that doesn't give you the right
> to treat them without respect, dignity and the allowance to participate
> in society in a way which is consistant with their habits, beliefs and
> customs.

There are those who argue that anti-black racism arose as a 
rationalization for the continued existence of slavery.  That is, 
  slave owners could rationalize slavery by assuming that blacks 
were sub-human.  One has to be careful not to import such 
arguments into the Potter world.  Slavery is vile.  It degrades 
both the slave and the slave owner.