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

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 180500

> > >>Alla:
> > Well, the initial argument was that you spotted right away 
that     
> > Harry was prejudiced to Draco, no?
> 
> Betsy Hp:
> No, it wasn't actually.  I stated I spotted the prejudice theme 
(or 
> thought I did, since it obviously wasn't there and I was merely 
> projecting *g*) 

Alla:

Yes, I think so too. LOL.

Betsy:
with Hagrid's statement that all the bad wizards came 
> from Slytherin and Harry refusing to shake Draco's hand on the 
train.

Alla:

So wait what did I misunderstand then? You did saw prejudice in 
Harry's refusing to shake Draco's hand as you just wrote?

And I am asking what was prejudicial here? Draco insulted Harry's 
friends and talked down about Muggleborns and Harry disliked him 
because of that.


Betsy: 
> I think revaunchanistx was merely trying to remind me that we were 
> all supposed to hate tiny little Draco based on this scene.  Which 
I 
> suppose we probably were.  But it didn't work for me because I 
> totally got where Draco was coming from (I understood Harry's 
> stiffness, too) and so I sympathized. (Geoff's view of the scene, 
> described upthread, is how I saw it too.) <SNIP>
<SNIP>

Alla:

I do not think she was  but I cannot speak for her and I know that I 
was not speaking about it even if I totally could not stand him 
after his tirade about Hagrid. I am only asking what part of Harry's 
dislike of Draco was prejudicial based on what Draco said.


If you do not think that Harry's initial dislike of Draco was based 
on prejudice, could you please clarify that?

Thanks.

Alla