XPost: rec.arts.tv, rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.non.racism   
   From: le@top.put.com   
      
   In rec.arts.books.tolkien trotsky  wrote:   
   > On 9/8/2022 10:31 PM, Louis Epstein wrote:   
   >> 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 portray M-E as all white by any means,   
   >   
   >   
   > Damn, you went off the rails right off the bat.  (Sorry for mixing   
   > metaphors.)  If characters that were non-white were cast as such,   
   > there'd be no problem, at least theoretically.  But characters that were   
   > white, or characters that were "invented" for this story aren't true to   
   > Tolkien's amazingly detailed vision, and as such diehard fans have every   
   > reason to complain.  Hope this helps.   
      
   And I am a complaining diehard fan,to be clear.   
   I'm pointing out that the Haradrim,for example,were nonwhite,   
   and Sam is seen to speculate on what led one to his death in   
   Sauron's service without any hint that his race made him evil,   
   and the wokies should not be pretending that fidelity is racism.   
      
   Diversity is the cause of every war in history...too many people   
   thought differences were important enough to kill over.   
      
   > 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.   
   >   
      
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