Why did the founders retain Slytherin's house?

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 117850


Alla wrote :
"Do we even know that centaurs or goblins ever wanted ANYTHING to do 
with human educational system? Who knows , they probably have their
own schools.

We don't know how discrimination against non-humans started. Was it a
result of some kind of bitter war between the species? Did non-humans
and humans EVER lived together not just peacefully, but as EQUALS?"

Del replies :
I see your point, Alla, but I also see how this point could be applied
to Muggleborns.

Do we know that the Muggleborns ever wanted anything to do with wizard
educational system ? They do have their own Muggle schools, and they
could have their own Muggleborn schools of witchcraft and wizardry.

We don't really know how the discrimination against the Muggleborns
started. Was it a result of some kind of bitter war between them and
the wizard-borns ? (After all, there must have been a reason why
Salazar Slytherin considered the Muggleborns untrustworthy). Did
wizard-borns and Muggleborns ever live together not just peacefully,
but as equals ? (Do they now ?)

For you and I, the operative word is : human. Wizard-borns and
Muggleborns are all humans. But to members of a society that
differentiates not only between humans and non-humans but also between
magical and non-magical folks (Muggles and wizards), the distinction
between Muggleborns and other wizards can be just as fundamental as
the distinction between humans and non-humans.

Del