[HPforGrownups] Re: Prejudice

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No: HPFGUIDX 70505


On Tuesday, Jul 15, 2003, at 06:06 America/Indianapolis, naamagatus 
wrote:

> 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.

First of all, it's much simpler that it's just a contraction. Second, 
the explanation has a similar "feel" to it as people in the real world 
saying that the use of the word "black" implies something more sinister 
than dark skin (i've heard of people saying, with a perfectly straight 
face, that it _originated_ from people claiming that 'black people' 
were evil, and that the skin color was secondary)

--Random832