We have had several discussions on Tolkien and racism in the past. I used the search to find threads on the topic and came up with these, among others:
Racism in LotR?
Racism and Tolkien
Lord of the Rings labelled racist
Can the book be considered racist?
Are Tolkien books racist?
I would suggest that general thoughts on the subject be posted on one of those threads and that only those that pertain directly to this chapter be posted here.
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth.. .'
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