JKR's lesson on prejudice

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 180527

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Geoff: 
> > Harry has had the idea put nto his head that Slytherin=bad. 
> > Therefore, because Draco=Slytherin, Draco=bad, a perception 
> > which has beenh eightened by Draco's swaggering entrance
> > and his attempt to impress Harry.
> 
> Alla:
> 
> Well, again Draco is not in Slytherin yet, isn't he? I am only 
> talking about their initial meetings before they were sorted. 

Geoff:
Ah, but.....
'"Know what house you'll be in yet?"
"No," said Harry, feeling more stupid by the minute.
"Well, no one really knows until they get there, do they, 
but I know I'll be in Slytherin, all our family have been -"'

( PS, "Diagon Alley", p.60 UK edition)

Enough to trigger Harry's alarm bells, I suspect.