tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15196444.post112360512209378133..comments2015-01-02T23:10:17.650-08:00Comments on Middle Earth: Orcs Perspective: Was Tolkien a racist?shabdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07961528262493927188noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15196444.post-52587157901080995672008-11-22T11:15:00.000-08:002008-11-22T11:15:00.000-08:00One does not need to note where the people are fro...One does not need to note where the people are from to call Tolkien racist. Simply look at how "man" is described and how anyone who fights for Sauron is depicted.<BR/><BR/>I believe he was simply Eurocentric, a thermometer of the times, perhaps.loodlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117883761845105288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15196444.post-9928282563362797752008-04-02T10:26:00.000-07:002008-04-02T10:26:00.000-07:00I didn't intend to post the same complaint twice. ...I didn't intend to post the same complaint twice. I meant to remove the phrase "utterly ridiculous", since I decided it was too harsh.Gildashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01757332538009402494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15196444.post-21640426446724696382008-04-01T15:47:00.000-07:002008-04-01T15:47:00.000-07:00It makes no sense to say the Lord of the Rings is ...It makes no sense to say the Lord of the Rings is racist because the bad guys come from the east. If the bad guys had come from the west, your logic would require you to say Tolkien was hostile to Europeans. In the Silmarillion, the bad guys are from the north. I guess that proves Tolkien hated Swedes,right?<BR/> In the letter quoted,all Tolkien says it that he doesn't find Mongols physically Gildashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01757332538009402494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15196444.post-40869144832051941352008-04-01T15:38:00.000-07:002008-04-01T15:38:00.000-07:00It is utterly ridiculous to say the Lord of the Ri...It is utterly ridiculous to say the Lord of the Rings is racist because the bad guys come from the east. If the bad guys came from the west,your logic would require you to accuse Tolkien of hating Europeans. In the Silmarillion, the bad guys are from the north. I guess that proves Tolkien hated Swedes,right?<BR/> In the letter quoted,Tolkien says only that he doesn't find Mongols physically Gildashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01757332538009402494noreply@blogger.com