ok...I'm calm now.
Susan Delgado- I edited the post. I didn't delete the swears fully, but a lot. Sorry
Good points Squatter. I do realize everyone is entitled to their opinion, and Dr. Shapiro certainly showed it. However, he said that it
is, but actually, he should say that he thinks or believes, instead of 'is'. But this may be due to misquoting the Dr., as Squatter said. But I think that he shouldn't go around talking (what I think is bs) about how LotR is racist, because Tolkien did not want it to be like that, even if it may apppear like that. And if you're going to call it racist, then you have to see the good between Legolas and Gimli, as Squatter said.
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He didn't dislike other races, he was merely patriotic. There is a difference between putting other cultures down and liking your own, and Tolkein was very Pro-English. I haven't read the Biography in a while, but i am fairly sure he lived in South Africa for a while, which would promote a rascist veiw on his party (South Africa was a fairly rascist place to be around that time I think).
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So do you think that Tolkien was more of nativist? I don't think he is, but do you?