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Thank you for such an excellent and thought-provoking essay!
I agree completely that you've hit the nail on the head: the WW does indeed seem to me, as well, to have closer parallels to class distinction rather than race.
I also think that the idea "So the trick is to amass power enough" should read "money" instead of "power". Remember that Mr Weasley had a rather lowly job in the Ministry even though he was a Pure-blood, which I had at first imagined was because he was viewed by others as something of an odd-ball for his fascination with all things Muggle.
I still think that, but also believe that because he was poor he was sidelined, whereas Lucius Malfoy, who was Pure-blood but also rich (and willing to donate money generously to the Ministry) was fawned upon and actively listened to and encouraged, even though it was suspected that he'd once had DE sympathies (at the very least!)
This also makes it easier to understand why Umbridge in Deathly Hallows wanted to buy the silver locket from Mundungus: it was obviously old and valuable, so to claim that it had been in her family for generations when the purge began in the Ministry was sensible politically: leading me to think that Dolores might have had a few Muggle skeletons tucked away in her own family closet that she wanted to keep hidden!
Alison
I agree completely that you've hit the nail on the head: the WW does indeed seem to me, as well, to have closer parallels to class distinction rather than race.
I also think that the idea "So the trick is to amass power enough" should read "money" instead of "power". Remember that Mr Weasley had a rather lowly job in the Ministry even though he was a Pure-blood, which I had at first imagined was because he was viewed by others as something of an odd-ball for his fascination with all things Muggle.
I still think that, but also believe that because he was poor he was sidelined, whereas Lucius Malfoy, who was Pure-blood but also rich (and willing to donate money generously to the Ministry) was fawned upon and actively listened to and encouraged, even though it was suspected that he'd once had DE sympathies (at the very least!)
This also makes it easier to understand why Umbridge in Deathly Hallows wanted to buy the silver locket from Mundungus: it was obviously old and valuable, so to claim that it had been in her family for generations when the purge began in the Ministry was sensible politically: leading me to think that Dolores might have had a few Muggle skeletons tucked away in her own family closet that she wanted to keep hidden!
Alison