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Voldemort got the giants on his side (other than Grawp) by promising them equal rights. The Ministry of Magic is very oppressive towards magical creatures, and this is intended by the author. Dumbledore points it out after he and voldemort wreck the wizard supremacist statue. So Voldemort is (dishonestly) promising equality to the giants to get them to revolt. The giants want equal rights.
So at the end of the last book, Harry kills Voldemort. And the giants lose their rebellion and go back to being excluded from society and denied the right to wands. And the final line before the epilogue is "all was well".
Rowling is savvy enough to identify problems in society, but she cannot write stories about solving problems in society, because she doesn't know how. She doesn't understand human rights. She never stood for improving rights.
She was working for Amnesty international when she came up with the book idea.
And the books are filled with examples of the need for human rights. She had clearly spent a lot of time on the topic, and cared enough to make them a core part of the books.
Sirius's lack of a trial, the forbidden curses (torture, slavery, death). Rita Skeeter and Dolores Umbridge taught me about media propaganda and the creep and pomposity of authoritarianism.
Yeah she wasn't great at follow through but in the early days, the hope was there.
Also, they're kids' books. They're supoosed to introduce concepts to the reader, not analyse or prosthetylise over them.
The Owl House is a kids show, yet Luz Noceda manages to completely reform the demon realm's education system and government. It is possible for heroes to actually improve the world they inhabit to a better standard than when they found it. Harry just didn't do that.