Re. Prejudice

[Sabrina]

No: HPFGUIDX 70640

Erika (Wolfraven):

>It's difficult to argue that it's indeed >equivalent to any real-world slur, but I >think the Gryffindors' reaction indicate >that "mudblood" is both offensive, and >used rarely enough for it to have definite >shock value.

An indicator that it could be based one real world racist term, could be that the WW seems to have adopted many Muggle expressions and just changed the words a bit, e.g. son of a bludger (OoP). But perhaps that's also only so that JKR can show swearing in the books without having the rating go higher.

Sabrina


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