Re: Part III
(Anonymous)
Hmm. To play devil's advocate, would there be the same problems if we said that prejudice against Muggleborns is racism because they're wizards, simply as opposed to the prejudice against Muggles, which is ableism?
You can't contrast the racism on the one side with both ableism *and* racism, though, or else you'd be contradicting the "because Muggleborns are wizards bit."
(As a side note to Sailorlum, this particular bit doesn't address the problems I find with describing blood prejudice as racism, because my point is that this "race"/group membership "fades" over the generations among non-pureblood wizards, crucially without intermarriage as an essential factor. Race is a social construct, but it isn't a social construct that works like that. 00sevvie's looking at the problems with the analogy in the transition from Muggles to Muggleborns; I was looking at the problems with the analogy in the transition from Muggleborns to half-bloods to pure-bloods.)
Lynn
You can't contrast the racism on the one side with both ableism *and* racism, though, or else you'd be contradicting the "because Muggleborns are wizards bit."
(As a side note to Sailorlum, this particular bit doesn't address the problems I find with describing blood prejudice as racism, because my point is that this "race"/group membership "fades" over the generations among non-pureblood wizards, crucially without intermarriage as an essential factor. Race is a social construct, but it isn't a social construct that works like that. 00sevvie's looking at the problems with the analogy in the transition from Muggles to Muggleborns; I was looking at the problems with the analogy in the transition from Muggleborns to half-bloods to pure-bloods.)
Lynn