Difficult. I can't speak for Tolkien. But I just think what I should do: Hell no.
In that age, people did not care much about that, since the most countries where not as multi-cultural and the trouble with the Arabic people was not there. So in that time, he would have never done it. But than we have current time. The war in Irak and the assasinations and stuff. I don't think he would not do it either, but if you ask me if that would mean he was a biggot: No way.
In that day, England was mostly white. I think that if he had lived in the current time, he would have encountered more people of foreign cultures and then he might have made the kins also of different skin color. But that is just a guess. But to get back to Lyra's question: No.
Suilad,
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