NP Tolkien Picks Up A Few More Bits Of Cultural Baggage

[Dave Monroe]

On the one hand, well, duh.  It's a fantasy novel. 
But without rehearsing teh hsitory of critical thought
on such matters in re: fantasy, SF, et al. ...

--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> The orcs, just like the dwarves, elves, trolls etc,
> are *not human*.

... on the other hand, nor were, say, Africans, Native
Americans, "Moors," "Mongols," "Japs," Jews, heck, the
Irish, et al., not rhetorically, at least, not by
prevaling definition, at various times, in various
places, in various situations.  But more often than
not they were, if not "swarthy," marked as often as
not by a skin color different than those defining
"human," or "good," or ... well, you get the picture. 
Well, no, you don't, but ...

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