Racism and Tolkien. - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

alatar · 01-12-2013, 07:46 PM

Ulvenok, interestingly, your post here was predicted with high probability, as you'd hinted at Tolkien and racism elsewhere. Anyway...

What or who defines a 'race?' In Tolkien's world, it may be more clear earlier in time, with orcs and elves and dwarves and men, but by the fourth age?

And me, I think more of families and genotypes than names and phenotypes. When you say 'all,' you might be painting with too broad a brush.

01-12-2013, 07:46 PM	#11
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	Ulvenok, interestingly, your post here was predicted with high probability, as you'd hinted at Tolkien and racism elsewhere. Anyway... What or who defines a 'race?' In Tolkien's world, it may be more clear earlier in time, with orcs and elves and dwarves and men, but by the fourth age? And me, I think more of families and genotypes than names and phenotypes. When you say 'all,' you might be painting with too broad a brush. __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.