N. Vivian (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} shadowravyn) wrote in ryuutchi, |
Had they used "miscegenation" to refer, in the fandom, to Wizardling / Muggle sex, I'd say there was an argument
If Lucius Malfoy says, "Draco, I forbid you to marry that Mudblood Granger girl, it's miscegenation", it would be a correct usage of the term. It doesn't just mean "to initiate interracial breeding/sex" but that doing so represents a defilement, that to have sex with this other person of a different race is polluting one's own body, dignity, and bloodlines.
The anger comes not from the initial use of the word, which was assumed to have been chosen without a clear understanding of the definition, but instead the absolute refusal to change it to a word that is synonymous, but without the racist connotations. "Well, we don't think it's racist, so we don't have to change it" is not an acceptable argument. Neither is "We picked it from random and so it HAS to stay or else the world will come to an end." It's not just stubborn and bull-headed, it's rude.
If Lucius Malfoy says, "Draco, I forbid you to marry that Mudblood Granger girl, it's miscegenation", it would be a correct usage of the term. It doesn't just mean "to initiate interracial breeding/sex" but that doing so represents a defilement, that to have sex with this other person of a different race is polluting one's own body, dignity, and bloodlines.
The anger comes not from the initial use of the word, which was assumed to have been chosen without a clear understanding of the definition, but instead the absolute refusal to change it to a word that is synonymous, but without the racist connotations. "Well, we don't think it's racist, so we don't have to change it" is not an acceptable argument. Neither is "We picked it from random and so it HAS to stay or else the world will come to an end." It's not just stubborn and bull-headed, it's rude.
