NP "racist" Tolkien?

[Dave Monroe]

A few more items for yr consideration ...

http://film.guardian.co.uk/lordoftherings/news/0,11016,852217,00.html

http://old.smh.com.au/news/0112/29/spectrum/spectrum4.html

http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/index.cfm?id=1387552002

--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> Rubbish. This "racist encoding" is yours, not the
> text's.

And, again, see as well ... 

http://www.multiverse.org/sport/qa-print-solo.jsp?printme=2219

http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2002/12/17/tolkien_brin/index.html

http://www.davidbrin.com/tolkienarticle1.html

http://www.blink.org.uk/pdescription.asp?key=1486&grp=1

http://old.smh.com.au/news/0112/13/opinion/opinion3.html
 
And, again, for the loyal opposition ...

http://greenbooks.theonering.net/quickbeam/files/040101.html

Curry, Patrick.  "Charges of Racism in The Lord of
   the Rings are Mistaken."  Readings on J.R.R.
   Tolkien.  Ed. Katie de Koster.  Farmington Hills,
   MI: Greenhaven Press, 2000.  104-114.

Haven't gotten to that last one yet, but it came up,
so ... so do note, it's not excatly a brand spanking
new issue, certainly not "mine," not mine only.  And
keep in mind, most everybody involved is a fan, and no
one is quite calling Tolkien himself a racist ...  

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