XPost: rec.arts.tv, rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.non.racism   
   From: le@top.put.com   
      
   In alt.fan.tolkien Ubiquitous  wrote:   
   > "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" drama drags on as its   
   > official Twitter account just posted a statement of unity with its   
   > cast, denouncing any fans who are allegedly harassing them.   
   >   
   > "We, the cast of `Rings of Power,' stand together in absolute   
   > solidarity and against the relentless racism, threats, harassment, and   
   > abuse some of our castmates of color are being subjected to on a daily   
   > basis," the Twitter post begins.   
   >   
   > "We refuse to ignore it or tolerate it. JRR Tolkien created a world   
   > which, by definition, is multi-cultural. A world in which free peoples   
   > from different races and cultures join together, in fellowship, to   
   > defeat the forces of evil. `Rings of Power' reflects that."   
   >   
   > The statement assures, "Our world has never been all white, fantasy has   
   > never been all white, Middle-earth is not all white. BIPOC belong in   
   > Middle-earth and they are here to stay."   
      
   JRRT didn't portrary M-E as all white by any means,and he didn't   
   portray nonwhites as intrinsically evil...but he DID portray some   
   societies that were ethnically homogeneous and not thereby evil...   
   and those devoted to the uncritical worship of diversity can not   
   abide such a thing even as a fantasy.   
      
   -=-=-   
   The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,   
   at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)