Muggles, Mudbloods, and Wizards of Magic

 

In the well-known Harry Potter series, there are several different blood types a being of witchcraft or wizardry may be: Pureblood, Half-blood, and Muggle-born. Like a family’s name or wealth may affect their status in society, a person’s blood type works in virtually the same way. Although, it is quite evident that a witch or wizards blood-type often may correspond with their wealth such as the Malfoys.

          Pureblood wizards are from a long line of magic beings and are often the oldest families of all. There are the poorer and more morally respectable families like the Weasleys, and there are the wealthy, greedy, conniving, corrupt families like the Malfoys. The Malfoys like to flaunt their blood line in the face of others as if it somehow makes them better.

          Half-bloods are those who are born of one magic parent and one human parent. The status of half-bloods can really go either way, depending on who they are talking to. If they were to talk to someone like the Malfoys, it may present a problem for them, but if they were to speak to most common wizards, they are viewed no different than any pureblood.

          Muggle-borns are the most mistreated and disrespected of all blood lines. Muggle-borns are the witches and wizards that are born of two humans. It is unknown really how they are born with magic when their parents weren’t (though, I believe it is because of distant ancestry). Another term for muggle-born wizards is “mudblood”. Mudblood is a very derogatory term and is viewed as extremely offensive. They are called that, typically by purebloods, because their blood is viewed as “filthy” and is considered bad blood.

          What I want to know is, why is it only muggle-born wizards that are viewed as having diluted blood? Wouldn’t half-bloods be considered the same? Muggle-born wizards have two muggle parents and just happen to have magic. Half-bloods technically have the “diluted” blood because they are a combination of muggle and wizard blood. I believe that the judgmental and extremely pretentious. There should be no reason they are considered better than anyone else. You either have magic or you don’t, it shouldn’t matter to what degree or ancestry.