Lord of the Rings labelled racist

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

We could add to that argument the fact that elves and, for that matter, dwarfs, don't appear in myth, folklore or literature outside the Celtic and Germanic languages. Even fairly local Romance languages, such as Spanish and Italian, don't share the idea, and this has been a major obstacle for translators throughout the history of Tolkien's fiction. If he wanted to tie in his myths with the real world, he may have taken account of their Northern European origins when writing about the Eldar. Not only is there not a dark-skinned elf in Tolkien's writing, but there is no such thing anywhere in literature. I wonder why it's considered a problem only in his fiction.

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by The Squatter of Amon Rûdh

We could add to that argument the fact that elves and, for that matter, dwarfs, don't appear in myth, folklore or literature outside the Celtic and Germanic languages. . . . Not only is there not a dark-skinned elf in Tolkien's writing, but there is no such thing anywhere in literature. . . .

There are no dark-skinned dwarves either, or are there? Very interesting. So maybe Tolkien wanted to give the dwarves and the elves the "usual" form and bind them more strongly to the follore and tradition they came from by giving them a fair complexion?

[doom_hammer]

I read the attachment and i thought it was #@*!^#. in all fantasy books and movies i have seen it is always the good vs the evil not so smart horde so how is just this one thing racists. shouldent it make all fantasy books that have elves and evil hordes racists???