O ódio dos trouxas ainda existiria.
Embora o Lorde das Trevas tenha perdido a guerra, magos que odeiam trouxas ainda existiriam. Os bruxos que odeiam os trouxas não foram causados pelo Lorde das Trevas, e não há razão para pensar que eles seriam erradicados pela guerra com o Lorde das Trevas. Uma certa quantidade de magos odiava os trouxas por séculos, antes do Estatuto de Segredo.
“A pro-Muggle story showing a Muggle-loving father as superior in magic to a Muggle-hating son? It is nothing short of amazing that any copies of the original version of this tale survived the flames to which they were so often consigned.
Beedle was somewhat out of step with his times in preaching a message of brotherly love for Muggles. The persecution of witches and wizards was gathering pace all over Europe in the early fifteenth century.”
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard
A guerra não teria matado todos com valores puros de sangue. Os bruxos que odeiam os trouxas não estavam realmente lutando pelo Lorde das Trevas - alguns dos crentes mais ávidos na causa do puro-sangue apenas foram discretamente a favor do Lorde das Trevas.
“Were – were your parents Death Eaters as well?’
‘No, no, but believe me, they thought Voldemort had the right idea, they were all for the purification of the wizarding race, getting rid of Muggle-borns and having pure-bloods in charge. They weren’t alone, either, there were quite a few people, before Voldemort showed his true colours, who thought he had the right idea about things … they got cold feet when they saw what he was prepared to do to get power, though.”
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 6 (The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black)
Vários magos detestam os trouxas, já que alguns pais bruxo evitam contar aos seus filhos histórias que pintam os trouxas de uma forma positiva, como a versão original de “O Feiticeiro e o Pote Hopping”.
“To this day, some Wizarding children are only told the revised version of the story by their (generally anti-Muggle) parents, and the original, if and when they ever read it, comes as a great surprise.”
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard
Os pais pediram a remoção de certas histórias que aprovavam muito os trouxas, então há um contingente de bruxos que odeiam os trouxas e querem passar suas crenças. É provável que pelo menos alguns deles tenham sucesso nisso.
“More than one parent has demanded the removal of this particular tale from the Hogwarts library, including, by coincidence, a descendant of Brutus Malfoy and one-time member of the Hogwarts Board of Governors, Mr. Lucius Malfoy. Mr. Malfoy submitted his demand for a ban on the story in writing:
Any work of fiction or nonfiction that depicts interbreeding between wizards and Muggles should be banned from the bookshelves of Hogwarts. I do not wish my son to be influenced into sullying the purity of his bloodline by reading stories that promote wizard—Muggle marriage.”
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard
Além disso, alguns dos que lutaram pelo Lorde das Trevas sobreviveram e suas crenças não mudaram necessariamente. Lucius e Narcissa Malfoy não pararam de não gostar dos trouxas porque perderam a guerra ou mudaram de idéia, eles simplesmente não queriam ir para Azkaban.
Talvez o mais importante, tem havido magos que odeiam os trouxas por séculos - não há razão para pensar que essa guerra em particular eliminaria completamente a sociedade bruxa.Georgina: Did lucius malfoy, and all the other escaped death eaters, go back to azkaban
J.K. Rowling: No, the Malfoys weaseled their way out of trouble (again) due to the fact that they colluded (albeit out of self-interest) with Harry at the end of the battle.
- Bloomsbury Live Chat (July 30, 2007)
O Ministério mudou, no entanto.
Embora os magos que odeiam os trouxas não parassem de existir por causa da guerra, o Ministério de fato mudou como resultado da guerra. Foi de-corrompido e sua discriminação foi eliminada.
Leaky Cauldron: What, if anything, did the wizarding world learn, and how did society change, as a direct result of the war with voldemort? (i.E., not as a result of harry, ron and hermione's future careers.)
J.K. Rowling: The Ministry of Magic was de-corrupted, and with Kingsley at the helm the discrimination that was always latent there was eradicated.
J.K. Rowling: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny et al would of course play a significant part in the re-building of wizarding society through their future careers.
- Bloomsbury Live Chat (July 30, 2007)
Além disso, como parte do Departamento de Execução das Leis da Magia, Hermione removeu as leis do "sangue puro".
Katieleigh: Does hermione still continue to do work with SPEW and is life any better for house elves!
J.K. Rowling: Hermione began her post-Hogwarts career at the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures where she was instrumental in greatly improving life for house-elves and their ilk. She then moved (despite her jibe to Scrimgeour) to the Dept. of Magical Law Enforcement where she was a progressive voice who ensured the eradication of oppressive, pro-pureblood laws.
- Bloomsbury Live Chat (July 30, 2007)
Então, o Ministério mudou como resultado direto da guerra, e várias leis foram alteradas também.