Talk:Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Half-blood

Are pure-bloods weaker?
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but *are* pure-bloods weaker wizards? I think a case can be made that the pure-blood superiority prejudice did stem from exaggeration and generalization of a basis in fact, as prejudices usually do. Then, of course, it produced the (distinct) "other than pure-blood worthless" prejudice, which looks like an all too likely wrong deduction from it. - Neville is actually excellent at herbology and to a less extent, after receiving proper motivation, at DADA.

This raises one very good point - pureblood does not mean weaker, viz. Neville, also Bellatrix and Lucius Malfoy - and one not so good - is there a kernel of truth behind the prejudice? The paragraph added was rather confusing as it tried to tackle both of these points, so I have replaced it with two. And I did point out that in fact the "truth" behind a prejudice may be simply an assumption rather than a real truth; in this case, in particular, I think that would be the author's intent. Chazz (talk) 22:26, 9 September 2018 (UTC)