Prejudice

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 70501

Naama:  
> Based on the outrage that *everybody* expresses every time anybody 
> uses the term "mudblood", *I* say that it is the Potterverse 
> equivalent to "nigger." 
> 
> And I don't understand on what you base your suspicion of 
the "dirty 
> blood" explanation. It is the only one given to us in the books, 
> after all. 

There is also a real-world connection to "mudblood." 

White supremacy groups such as the KKK often use the term "mud races" 
to lump in Hispanics, Asians, etc., all together.

Darrin