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But here's the thing: you can only "avoid" the prejudice if you pass. And Severus definitely wouldn't pass as a pure-blood wizard. Not only has he not lived in the magical world, he has a muggle surname. No one would know the difference between him being a half-blood or muggleborn. No one would care. It's all the same. He was probably considered as much of a "mudblood" as Lily was.

And it’s not all about whether you have Muggle parents or not. What about economic capital? Social capital? Family capital? People tend to understand discrimination or oppression as something isolated, when in reality it’s a whole network of material circumstances that intersect with each other.

Severus wasn’t just a half-blood, he was a half-blood raised in the Muggle world as a Muggle. And not just any Muggle, but one from a very poor, working-class background, in a violent and miserable environment. Lily came from the good part of town, with loving, supportive parents. She could count on them. She could go back home.

Severus couldn’t count on his parents or go home, his home was hell. Lily had adults in the magical world who respected her and supported her. Severus didn’t. The adults around him chose to ignore him and side with his abusers.

Round Two:

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