JKR's lesson on prejudice (was:Slytherins come back)

[bgrugin]

No: HPFGUIDX 180465

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Elizabeth Snape" 
<snapes_witch at ...> wrote:
> What I found disturbing about that scene in PS/SS was the Slytherin 
> flags on display indicating they had definitely won the house cup 
and 
> *then* DD awards the points, claps his hands, "We need a change of 
> decoration" and the pennants change to Gryffindor.  Sounds like 
> deliberate humilation to me.
>


MusicalBetsy here:
I had always assumed that Slytherin's flags were being flown because 
they must have won the cup LAST year, so the school was just 
displaying last year's winner until the new winner was announced 
(which, if it had been Slytherin, then there would not need to be a 
change in flags).  So I guess it depends on how you view that scene.