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Fantastic Racism: I\\\'ve moved this exchange from the main page. It addresses the comparisons between Deryni and Jewish people.
In fact, there is actually a group in \\\'\\\'The Harrowing of Gwynedd\\\'\\\' that claims to \\\'cure\\\' Deryni by removing their powers! Also, the Deryni are as Christian as anyone else, and there are actual, non-disguised Jews in Kurtz\\\'s world.
** There are? They\\\'re being very, very invisible Jews then. A handful of Muslims appear in the later books (mostly exotic visitors from outside Gwynedd), but there don\\\'t seem to be many Jews around at all.
** There have got to be Jews because there is an Old Testament and a \\\'Holy Land\\\'. As for being effectively invisible - well we\\\'ve always been good at keeping our heads down.
** [[WordOfGod Word Of Kurtz]] is that there are Jews present. In \\\'\\\'Deryni Magic\\\'\\\' a short story collection of both fan fiction and a canonical piece by Kurtz herself, Kurtz writes: \\\"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.\\\" She also says that when a story calls for their mention, they will be mentioned.
In fact, there is actually a group in \\\'\\\'The Harrowing of Gwynedd\\\'\\\' that claims to \\\'cure\\\' Deryni by removing their powers! Also, the Deryni are as Christian as anyone else, and there are actual, non-disguised Jews in Kurtz\\\'s world.
** There are? They\\\'re being very, very invisible Jews then. A handful of Muslims appear in the later books (mostly exotic visitors from outside Gwynedd), but there don\\\'t seem to be many Jews around at all.
** There have got to be Jews because there is an Old Testament and a \\\'Holy Land\\\'. As for being effectively invisible - well we\\\'ve always been good at keeping our heads down.
** [[WordOfGod Word Of Kurtz]] is that there are Jews present. In \\\'\\\'Deryni Magic\\\'\\\' a short story collection of both fan fiction and a canonical piece by Kurtz herself, Kurtz writes: \\\"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.\\\" She also says that when a story calls for their mention, they will be mentioned.
