33474, Interesting... Posted by Nettrice, Sat Dec-17-05 11:49 AM
>While Tolkien may have had a preference for >the racial characteristics of his own people, an examination >of his life, works, and letters suggest that his treatment of >dark forces in general and Ores in particular is based more on >an archetypal and Judeo-Christian parameter than a racial one.
However, I can't ignore the "Judeo-Christian parameter" as it relates to colonialism and the spread of white supremacy. This had a lot to do with the misrepresentation of aboriginal/indigenous/phenotypically non-European people in cinema.
>In fact, the central message of his famous work is contrary to >the central racist presumption, which is that individuals can >be categorized and judged by their physical, racial >appearances.
The supremacist's assumption goes beyond race and helps to promote racism, classism, etc.
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