All of this talk about Tolkien and race makes me wish for a @HeerJeet Tweet essay on the subject.
@dkaszor @ShawnGoldwater Yes, Orcs are racists and I would say also classists (they are the industrial proletariat, no?).
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@HeerJeet@ShawnGoldwater Lots made out of the fetishization of their dark skin and beastial natures, ect.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@ShawnGoldwater But also how in a world where Tolkien clearly asserts some men are better due to lineage (Aragorn, elves, ect)… -
@dkaszor@ShawnGoldwater Oh yeah, there's definitely a lot of racialist thinking in LOTR, although JRRT also struggled against this in text - Show replies
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@HeerJeet@ShawnGoldwater … and how the evil men are all black or middle eastern, he also seems genuinely uncomfortable with that idea…Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@ShawnGoldwater … IE the rise of the Hobbits, the Wraiths underestimating Eowyn, ect.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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