'What made me change my mind? Getting to know some muggleborns. It's easy to hate or fear a group of people when you don't know anything about them first-hand. Once you get to know a few individuals, they come to colour your perception of the whole. When I realised that the idea of muggleborns being less skilled or less entitled to magic was rubbish, the fact that it was my 'birthright' ceased to matter so much. That they were my friends became more important than whether they had pure magical blood. As for muggles, well. They may not have magic but they've got some cool inventions of their own. Films and music and transport and such. They're quite creative--possibly more than wizards, even. That's a radical notion, I know, but I think it's ridiculous to ignore their capabilities or their contributions just because they can't use a wand.
And about our professions. Well. Let's just say it'd be much harder to do what we do if we all lived in hiding. Though hiding in plain sight is, I suppose, a form of hiding, as well.'
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'What made me change my mind? Getting to know some muggleborns. It's easy to hate or fear a group of people when you don't know anything about them first-hand. Once you get to know a few individuals, they come to colour your perception of the whole. When I realised that the idea of muggleborns being less skilled or less entitled to magic was rubbish, the fact that it was my 'birthright' ceased to matter so much. That they were my friends became more important than whether they had pure magical blood. As for muggles, well. They may not have magic but they've got some cool inventions of their own. Films and music and transport and such. They're quite creative--possibly more than wizards, even. That's a radical notion, I know, but I think it's ridiculous to ignore their capabilities or their contributions just because they can't use a wand.
And about our professions. Well. Let's just say it'd be much harder to do what we do if we all lived in hiding. Though hiding in plain sight is, I suppose, a form of hiding, as well.'