Re: LOTR and 20th Century Western European Prejudices

AC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> On 7 Nov 2003 09:55:43 -0800, 
> Newsgroup Poster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > In Tolkien's trilogy, if most of the protagonists are recognizably
> > Northwestern European, and most of the antagonists are recognizably
> > "swarthy", "dark", "of the East", then it's safe to surmise a certain
> > level of "racial taxonomical notions" in Tolkien, conscious or not.
> 
> Could this have something to do with the fact that it takes place in the Old
> World, specifically northwestern Europe?

Q.E.D.

> Golly, imagine finding a majority
> of whites there?  Perhaps you should go condemn some Chinese mythology due
> to the lack of Australian aborigines.

Non sequitor.