Hmm ... I see what you mean. It's a curious one, and I'm not quite sure why it needs a ship label at all.
It also seems ... I don't know, one of those odd stories that (to me) try to make a point about racism using the Potterverse, but don't quite nail it? Because it has to play against the analogy JKR seems to be setting up, where there genuinely isn't any skin prejudice in the wizarding world, but there's a fully functional equivalent prejudice, showing that the mindset is universal.
(Also, personally, on the general gist of the story, I've no great problem with the concept of focusing primarily on local and regional history at school, that's just practicality. I wouldn't expect Indian schools to teach (say) the British Civil War -- or for that matter the US Civil War -- rather than their own history.)
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Date: 2006-12-15 05:15 pm (UTC)It also seems ... I don't know, one of those odd stories that (to me) try to make a point about racism using the Potterverse, but don't quite nail it? Because it has to play against the analogy JKR seems to be setting up, where there genuinely isn't any skin prejudice in the wizarding world, but there's a fully functional equivalent prejudice, showing that the mindset is universal.
(Also, personally, on the general gist of the story, I've no great problem with the concept of focusing primarily on local and regional history at school, that's just practicality. I wouldn't expect Indian schools to teach (say) the British Civil War -- or for that matter the US Civil War -- rather than their own history.)