Prejudice and non-preudice in the WW

[puduhepa98 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 153158

>Clare:

>Hmm, you don't know England then?

<The  foreign is not really accepted well.  We have courses on racism 
<now  because there are so many Middle Eastern families moving here 
<and many  inner city schools have more Pakistani and Indian children 
<than  English.  As to American, the children accept that which is 
,popular  regardless of where it comes from but they are formed by 
<their parents  and regardless of rightness, political correctness or 
<my own opinions  (which are complex) England is extremely anti-
,America.
Nikkalmati: 
 
You remind me of the scene in Bend it like Beckam where the coach explains  
to the Pakistani girl, who has just been insulted by a racial slur,  that he  
knows what it is like to be discriminated against and  ridiculed - because he 
is Irish!  That scene reminded me of a scene from a  40's movie (whose name I 
have forgotten but I think it starred Errol Flynn) set  in India where a 
half-Indian officer in the British army moves into a dorm or  house with other 
officers.  The others all move out, but one.  When  asked why he stayed, the 
officer says "You see, I'm a half-breed too.  My  mother is Irish."    <g>
To relate this to the Potterverse, have we all notice how there is no  racial 
tension among the students in the WW?  We have the Patel twins  (Indian 
extraction) and I believe Lee Jordan is black (and of course Seamus is  Irish!) , 
but despite other prejudices and house tensions as far as race or  ethnicity 
goes - nothing.  JKR doesn't even make a point of showing us this  harmony.  It 
just exists.  In this regard the WW is an ideal society  and I'm sure JKR 
wants her readers to absorb this easy acceptance as a contrast  to the prejudice 
she also shows us. Thoughts?
Nikkalmati


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