OK, I'm convinced Tolkien had no rascistic motiv, actually the first Men going west from the east was probably colored. In RL My middle name is Baran (means rain). I use it as my nick because the son of Beor also was named Baran (yeah, I actually share name with a character from Silmarillion [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img] ). I just found out it means golden-browns in elvish, guess it refers to his skin coulor. Any thoughts on this?
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