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Woke finally construes Tolkien's Middle-Earth as racist (Lord of the Rings, etc)
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C C Offline Sep 18, 2022 11:16 PM (This post was last modified: Sep 19, 2022 11:01 PM by C C.)
The Wretched of Middle-Earth: An Orkish Manifesto
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf.../sjp.12477

ABSTRACT: This previously unpublished essay by the late Charles W. Mills (1951– 2021) seeks to demonstrate the racially-structured character of the universe created by J. R. R. Tolkien in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Written long before the popular film series, the essay critically examines Tolkien’s novels and comments on the nature of fictional creation. Mills argues that Tolkien designs a racial hierarchy in the novels that recapitulates the central racist myth of European thought....

THE ESSAY (PDF): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf.../sjp.12477
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Magical Realist Offline Sep 20, 2022 07:52 PM (This post was last modified: Sep 20, 2022 11:21 PM by Magical Realist.)
I was aware of the lack of female characters in the LOTR when I read it and the movies only made it more glaring. I never construed the orcs and goblins to be representations of "inferior races". i just took them to be the bad guys. Oh to be naive again in the 70's.
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