PJ steering away from racism - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Rouroni · 12-30-2003, 04:10 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Anyone who falsely imbues Tolkien's works with an underlying racist tone should study the matter more closely, and should also consider the societal norms of the world that Professor Tolkien grew up in.<BR><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Exactly. Anyone who thinks that should definitly think a bit harder and read a bit more about where Tolkien grew up and the society he was used to. Besides, Tolkien was making a mythology, one that took place thousands of years ago, and weren't wars between different "races" common occurences back then?<P>Anyway, in RotK, the Corsairs looked Asian to me, which is what they are described as being in the book.

12-30-2003, 04:10 PM	#1
Rouroni Newly Deceased Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 10	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Anyone who falsely imbues Tolkien's works with an underlying racist tone should study the matter more closely, and should also consider the societal norms of the world that Professor Tolkien grew up in.<BR><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Exactly. Anyone who thinks that should definitly think a bit harder and read a bit more about where Tolkien grew up and the society he was used to. Besides, Tolkien was making a mythology, one that took place thousands of years ago, and weren't wars between different "races" common occurences back then?<P>Anyway, in RotK, the Corsairs looked Asian to me, which is what they are described as being in the book. __________________ "Cold be hand and heart and bone/Cold be sleep under stone/never more to wake on stony bed/Never, until the Sun fails and the Moon is dead./In the black wind the stars shall die/And still on gold here let them lie/Until the Dark Lord lifts his hand/Over dead sea and withered land."-Fog on the Barrow-Downs