[HPforGrownups] Re: Slytherin Ideology, in context

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No: HPFGUIDX 100227

Alla writes:

> Are you saying by extension that because they are different they 
> should not be allowed to Hogwarts at all? Because if you are, then my 
> very RL dislike of such philosophy kicks in very fast.

I think this is different than someone being racist in our world.  It seems 
to me more like the reverse discrimination that goes on in anti-white 
underground rap or gay hetero-phobia.  If you look at it in terms of historical 
information about Judeo-Christian views of witchcraft (and I, myself, am a practicing 
pagan and have studied this subject at large), you will see burnings, 
hangings, stonings and general mistreatment of witches and anyone who may be 
associated to witchcraft.  This would explain (not justify, simply explain the reason) 
their mistrust and negative feelings towards muggles.  These feelings extend 
to muggle borns and muggle-raised children, because they have been raised with 
the average social standards of muggles.  Prejudice is NEVER justified, but 
you can see the reason *why* it is there.

Racism also comes from parents.  Children learn morals from their parents.  
The anti-muggle sentiment has been around, probably, for generations and has 
been passed down from times when witches were being burned at the stake.  The 
world of witchcraft is stuck in the proverbial closet, both in the Harry Potter 
books and in real life.
Yuiren


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