Are Tolkien Books Racist? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Kuruharan · 01-25-2002, 12:18 PM

I agree with Ithilwen. I think that it is more of a matter of where the tales were supposedly focused (Western Europe) than JRRT being a racist.
I remember in the Two Towers when Sam is looking at the dead Haradrim he's wondering if maybe the man had been lied to or forced to march against the West and if the man would rather have stayed home. A rather sympathetic thought for one of the few times we ever deal with the Haradrim up close and personal.

01-25-2002, 12:18 PM	#8
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,594	I agree with Ithilwen. I think that it is more of a matter of where the tales were supposedly focused (Western Europe) than JRRT being a racist. I remember in the Two Towers when Sam is looking at the dead Haradrim he's wondering if maybe the man had been lied to or forced to march against the West and if the man would rather have stayed home. A rather sympathetic thought for one of the few times we ever deal with the Haradrim up close and personal. __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...