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Contemplating the weird disconnect in the Harry Potter universe between wizards and Muggles, I remembered this line from Tonks in OotP: "Very clean, aren't they, these Muggles?" said the witch called Tonks, who was looking about the kitchen with great interest. "My dad's Muggle-born and he's a right old slob. I suppose it varies, just as it does with wizards?"
This is someone whose father is Muggle-born. She must have some connection with and knowledge of the Muggle world, yet she still discusses them as if they are some weird alien species who are so different to wizards that she never before considered that preferred levels of tidiness might vary. (Try replacing "Muggle-born/Muggles" with one ethnicity and "wizards" with another to see just how weird this is.)
Last day at work tomorrow. I am feeling very strange about it.
This is someone whose father is Muggle-born. She must have some connection with and knowledge of the Muggle world, yet she still discusses them as if they are some weird alien species who are so different to wizards that she never before considered that preferred levels of tidiness might vary. (Try replacing "Muggle-born/Muggles" with one ethnicity and "wizards" with another to see just how weird this is.)
Last day at work tomorrow. I am feeling very strange about it.