But we're talking about her parents. I feel like I want to write that as a response to almost everything you wrote, but let me try to detail it out a bit.
You're Hermione, and you know, you know your parents are in danger from a threat that (a) you don't have the power to withstand, (b) they don't have the power to withstand, and (c) they can't fully comprehend, not belonging to the WW. You have a very small window of time; Voldemort is after Harry, and he'll use every means possible. Most people in the WW have still have no idea who your parents are, and the time is short to keep them hidden from LV. You could cast a bunch of spells over their house and hope Voldemort doesn't figure it out and get in. You can tell them to run and hide and hope Voldemort won't find them and won't torture all their friends and other family to discover their whereabouts. Or you could make it like they never existed; make them disappear completely without a trace.
I still think this was a weird plot choice on Rowling's part, but I'm honestly stunned that you would suggest that given the opportunity to protect one's parents, one should use "less drastic measures." Less? I'd use the most drastic measures imaginable to be sure they made it.
Again, odd choice for Rowling, but hardly enough to build a racist!Hermione case on.
the motive you assume is not only inherently racist, but also often used as an excuse for selfish actions.
I agree with the statement in general; it's a sort of simple definition of a metanarrative, really. But again, parents. This is not Hermione's overarching position about Muggles; it's her extreme action to keep her own parents safe. Who's rational when it comes to protecting family from real danger, anyway?
Unless you can point me to anywhere in the books that indicate Granger chose to spend time with her family when she had the option of being with her magical buddies?
First year, Christmas. And it's not like there were a ton of opportunities in the course of the series to make that choice. But this doesn't really work as a good indicator of "racism" on Hermione's part, anyway. What teen prefers their parents over their friends? I preferred my friends, even though I had great parents whom I loved. To read some sort of Wizarding superiority complex into Hermione here is a stretch.
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You're Hermione, and you know, you know your parents are in danger from a threat that (a) you don't have the power to withstand, (b) they don't have the power to withstand, and (c) they can't fully comprehend, not belonging to the WW. You have a very small window of time; Voldemort is after Harry, and he'll use every means possible. Most people in the WW have still have no idea who your parents are, and the time is short to keep them hidden from LV. You could cast a bunch of spells over their house and hope Voldemort doesn't figure it out and get in. You can tell them to run and hide and hope Voldemort won't find them and won't torture all their friends and other family to discover their whereabouts. Or you could make it like they never existed; make them disappear completely without a trace.
I still think this was a weird plot choice on Rowling's part, but I'm honestly stunned that you would suggest that given the opportunity to protect one's parents, one should use "less drastic measures." Less? I'd use the most drastic measures imaginable to be sure they made it.
Again, odd choice for Rowling, but hardly enough to build a racist!Hermione case on.
the motive you assume is not only inherently racist, but also often used as an excuse for selfish actions.
I agree with the statement in general; it's a sort of simple definition of a metanarrative, really. But again, parents. This is not Hermione's overarching position about Muggles; it's her extreme action to keep her own parents safe. Who's rational when it comes to protecting family from real danger, anyway?
Unless you can point me to anywhere in the books that indicate Granger chose to spend time with her family when she had the option of being with her magical buddies?
First year, Christmas. And it's not like there were a ton of opportunities in the course of the series to make that choice. But this doesn't really work as a good indicator of "racism" on Hermione's part, anyway. What teen prefers their parents over their friends? I preferred my friends, even though I had great parents whom I loved. To read some sort of Wizarding superiority complex into Hermione here is a stretch.