All of this talk about Tolkien and race makes me wish for a @HeerJeet Tweet essay on the subject.
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@ShawnGoldwater@dkaszor Is there a discussion of Tolkien & race going on? Link?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@ShawnGoldwater Spun out of the new Middle Earth video game and people realizing the characterization of orcs is kinda racist1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @dkaszor
@dkaszor@ShawnGoldwater Yes, Orcs are racists and I would say also classists (they are the industrial proletariat, no?).4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@ShawnGoldwater But also how in a world where Tolkien clearly asserts some men are better due to lineage (Aragorn, elves, ect)…1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @dkaszor
@dkaszor@ShawnGoldwater Oh yeah, there's definitely a lot of racialist thinking in LOTR, although JRRT also struggled against this in text1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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