Favorite Snape Scenes - He's such a lovely professor, no really.

[justcarol67]

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vmonte earlier:
> >and a racist too..
> >"Don't ask me to fathom the way a werewolf's mind works," hissed
Snape. <snip>
> 
> >Betsy:
> I don't see any sign of racism in this scene, I'm sorry. Is it the
werewolf comment? That doesn't strike me as racist. Snape thinks Lupin
has betrayed Dumbledore and led Harry into a trap, as Snape was lead
into a similar trap when he was a student. Snape was almost killed by
Lupin at that time, so there's a reason for the distrust.
> I generally think of racism as illogical stereotyping.
> 
> vmonte responded:
> This is your most upsetting comment BTW. What do you think a
werewolf represents in JKR's world? Pick any derogatory name and
insert it into where the word werewolf should be. How does it sound
now? I think people should be called by their names don't you.
> 
> How about if Snape had yelled out: Don't ask me to fathom the way 
> Lupin's mind works," instead.
>
Carol responds:
I agree with Betsy that prejudice against werewolves (who are
genuinely dangerous) is not racism. The entire WW classifies
werewolves as beasts, not people. (Check "Fantastic Beasts.") Ron
shares the same prejudice, and even Hermione shouts, "Don't trust him!
He's a werewolf! And as Betsy says, Snape was almost killed by the
very werewolf he's referring to. It would be extremely unlikely for
him to view werewolves in any other way. This is a very different
matter from prejudice against Muggleborns, who are judged as inferior
to other wizards because of their parents' lack of magical ability.
And even that isn't really racism as the race of the Muggleborn
(white, black, or Asian) is wholly irrelevant. Werewolves become
vicious, murderous creatures. It is not, IMO, irrational to fear and
mistrust such people, especially when the whole WW shares your view. 

Carol, who's getting a bit tired of all the emotionalism and wishes
that people would not get upset when other posters express opinions
that they don't share