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DF Spoilers / Re: Vampires and Evil, a philosophical rabbit hole.
« on: September 25, 2017, 06:44:43 PM »
I said a little racist and I thought I wrote something about being progressive for his time, but I must of deleted it.
At the very least Tolkiens treatment of Eastern peoples and "Black Numenoreans" are a lil suspect as a race war against all the "white races."
However I do agree that the said white races have a diversity of cultures that have diversity of cultures within their cultures.
Theirs also evidence to suggest Numenor the Tolkien Atlantis was predominantly Black.
I just think within the books themselves their is a very west vs east attitude, which you can make arguments about the morality of the Ottoman Empire all you want but thing is Tolkien fought the Germans and came to respect them not hate them. Why couldn't he apply that to eastern peoples?
Though again it's implied that Aragorn himself gained respect for said eastern peoples when her travelled their fightin with and against them going as far south as Haradrim.
At the very least Tolkiens treatment of Eastern peoples and "Black Numenoreans" are a lil suspect as a race war against all the "white races."
However I do agree that the said white races have a diversity of cultures that have diversity of cultures within their cultures.
Theirs also evidence to suggest Numenor the Tolkien Atlantis was predominantly Black.
I just think within the books themselves their is a very west vs east attitude, which you can make arguments about the morality of the Ottoman Empire all you want but thing is Tolkien fought the Germans and came to respect them not hate them. Why couldn't he apply that to eastern peoples?
Though again it's implied that Aragorn himself gained respect for said eastern peoples when her travelled their fightin with and against them going as far south as Haradrim.