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[Aida Costa]

No: HPFGUIDX 173269

lizzyben:

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>For all her talk about how she values Gryffindor qualities of
>courage, bravery, etc., deep down, JKR is worried that she's a
>Slytherin at heart. So she takes all her worst qualities, assigns
>them to a house of evil, and rejects them as evil & unredeemable. 

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>And the implications of JKR's world-view are pretty bleak. She really
>was interested in creating stereotypes, not overcoming them; in
>dehumanizing the "other", not accepting it. 

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>I've lost so much respect for JKR after this novel.  She'll preach
>superficial lessons in tolerance & understanding, but when it comes
>to really understanding & integrating differences, she refuses. She
>would rather cut off & attempt to destroy those qualities in herself,
>and attempt to cut off a whole segment of the population as less
>human. And that's beyond scary. 
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You eloquently expressed what I couldn't find the words to say!  I no
longer have much respect for her, either.  I concede that it's *her*
series and an author can publish whatever s/he wants - BUT, JKR has
been so vocal *outside* of her writing about morals, values,
tolerance, etc. that I wish she would've made an unbiased attempt to
address those issues in her work.  If she had kept her mouth shut in
interviews about her views and let her writing speak for itself, I
would not be inclined to criticize her.

As it stands - what tolerance???  Is her point in keeping Slytherin
House 'evil' that the world will always have bad people and we need to
accept that?  That may be true, but what kind of message is it that
children with an 'evil' bent should continue to be corralled together
under that banner at 11 years old?  So a person's core values and
personality are immutable?  No one can change?  What utter BS!!!

Aida, who still loves the series, but if she ever has kids will not
champion the series as a decent morality tale, only as fantastic
entertainment.