Thank you! I had not heard of him, though I'd certainly heard of Carlisle and some of the other Indian schools. This sounds fascinating.
And you're quite right that Hermione's racism is of this sort, and it isn't terribly clear if Rowling is aware that she's written Hermione as a racist. I just don't know if she thought about these messages at all.
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Date: 2008-06-30 02:54 am (UTC)And you're quite right that Hermione's racism is of this sort, and it isn't terribly clear if Rowling is aware that she's written Hermione as a racist. I just don't know if she thought about these messages at all.