I think it would make sense that Muggle-borns, or at least wizards who are not totally pureblood (whatever it means), would have always been accepted to Hogwarts. Why else would Slytherin especially want to teach only the purebloods if there weren't other kind of students?
The trouble with having Harry lead an alliance is that by now surely he's firmly associated with Dumbledore.
I wonder if it's intentional or unintentional in Dumbledore's part to tie Harry to him so tightly. I can understand why Dumbledore would want to do it, since obviously it's important that Harry and Dumbledore can work together, what with Harry being the One to defeat Voldemort and Dumbledore being the one Voldemort fears. On the other hand, such a tight tie is bound to cause problems if Dumbledore wants all the Houses to work together.
So, either Dumbledore hasn't really thought about it and isn't aware of his own reputation as a Muggle-lover (which is hard to believe) or he doesn't think the concerns of the pureblood are valid at all, and if they don't think like he does, then they are not worth as alliances. The third and most unpleasant conclusion is that Dumbledore doesn't wish the rift to be healed at all for his own reason, whatever they were (like keeping his power and influence intact and so on). Unfortunately, that option isn't completely out of question. He hasn't really promoted inter-House co-operation. He only made a pretty speech at the end of GoF, but speech is just a speech.
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Dumbledore's motives
Date: 2004-03-22 02:23 am (UTC)The trouble with having Harry lead an alliance is that by now surely he's firmly associated with Dumbledore.
I wonder if it's intentional or unintentional in Dumbledore's part to tie Harry to him so tightly. I can understand why Dumbledore would want to do it, since obviously it's important that Harry and Dumbledore can work together, what with Harry being the One to defeat Voldemort and Dumbledore being the one Voldemort fears. On the other hand, such a tight tie is bound to cause problems if Dumbledore wants all the Houses to work together.
So, either Dumbledore hasn't really thought about it and isn't aware of his own reputation as a Muggle-lover (which is hard to believe) or he doesn't think the concerns of the pureblood are valid at all, and if they don't think like he does, then they are not worth as alliances. The third and most unpleasant conclusion is that Dumbledore doesn't wish the rift to be healed at all for his own reason, whatever they were (like keeping his power and influence intact and so on). Unfortunately, that option isn't completely out of question. He hasn't really promoted inter-House co-operation. He only made a pretty speech at the end of GoF, but speech is just a speech.