Wizard supremacy(was:Re: Nel Question #4: Class and Elitism)

[Tammy]

No: HPFGUIDX 125694


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_svirn" <a_svirn at y...> wrote:
> a_svirn wrote:
> 1. Of course it IS "fundamentally" elitist, that Muggles are 
> incapable of becoming wizards. Fundamentally in the sense that it is 
> the in the nature of things. It is NOT a social order, it a NATURAL 
> one. Muggles are not capable of magic while wizards are. That makes 
> wizards a breed apart and infinitely superior one at that. Unlike our 
> own world where racism is but a failed ideology in the WW it is a 
> fact of life, complete with racial segregation in the guise of 
> the "International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy". And interestingly 
> enough not even the most ardent muggle-lovers pose to question the 
> Statute and the way Ministry set out to implement it (Obliviators 
> etc.). 
> 
> 
Tammy replies:
I take exception to that... Muggles and Wizards are basically "made"
differently - it doesn't make one superior to the other. Men are made
differently from women - which makes them able to pee standing up. And
while I (at times) wish I had that ability, it doesn't mean they're
superior 'cause they've got it.

Perhaps many of the wizards feel they are superior, but place them
into a situation where they have to cook, clean, and do the laundy
without magic and they'd feel infinitely inferior in a hurry. 

As for the separation of the two, it's necessary. Muggles would
constantly be looking for magical solutions to their problems, if they
actually managed to accept it. In all likelihood, it would return to
the days of witch trials, because we don't like something we can't
understand. Magic is the core of "things you can't understand." 

-Tammy