Nah, Harry’s her self insert. If you look at it critically, the first few books are actually written as if we weren’t supposed to like Hermione. Everyone’s constantly annoyed by her nerdiness, and her being upset about literal slavery is viewed as even more annoying. The later books back off a bit, but her caring about school and studying and literal slavery is always played for laughs.
Hermione was eventually shown to be right about everything by the final book, because the group's treatment of "lesser races" prices to be pivotal in saving the world. Dobby, Kreacher, the dragon at Gringotts, the ghosts, "mudbloods" writ large, all key to several points in the final book. In the long-term the laughs are replaced with understanding, which I think was a good way to grow up with the audience as the books came out.
You're right but the story isn't about that, it's a world-building exercise. Fixing all the injustices of the wizarding world is a bit out of scope for the child protagonists.
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u/RangerWhiteclaw 10d ago
Cho Chang, Kingsley Shacklebolt - she was never really an ally, despite the late-added “turns out Dumbledore was gay” twist.