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Or you could just explain that fair and beautiful refer to the content of their character and swarthy is a synonym for smarmy, or evil and has nothing to do with skin color at all.


But that's not what he meant and we both know it.


Pretty much every letter Tolkien wrote that touches on racial issues was quite anti-racist. He condemned the nazis, and yet also condemned racist anti-german propaganda in England during the war. He also expressed sympathy with the treatment of black people in South Africa in a letter to his son Christopher.


Since when does anyone these days care about the author’s intent?


Oh look I found one of the "Rings of Power" writers.




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