[HPforGrownups] "Foreign" students at Hogwarts

[monkshoodgardens at cox.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 58444

  Eric says:


  Actually, both Cho Chang and the Patil sisters could be as British, legally
  at least, as Harry himself or HM the Queen.  (Who, let us not forget, is
  mostly German by ancestry).  There are _lots_ of British subjects and
  residents of Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi origins or ancestry; they range
  from people fresh off the boat to people who, except for their darker skins
  and last names, are just like the neighbors in almost every way.  I don't
  think East Asians, such as Cho Chang, would be _as_ common as they are in,
  say, the Western US or Western Canada, but they are far from unknown.
  <serious snipping>

  Now,Me..(Macha): I read in an interview once not too terribly long ago (cannot locate it, sorry) that JKR has stated that Cho is actually Korean...this information really stuck with me because I, like many, thought she was of Chinese heritage although have always imagined her to be British....it'll be interesting to (possibly) find out as the books progress.

  Macha (Mama to two Asian daughters - one from China and one from VietNam)



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