The first three, hundred percent agree. The fourth is not so easy. In Tolkien the good guys were all very British and described as pretty fair. But, there were others from the edges of middle earth described very differently. The southerners for the easy example. The movies and rings of power went out of their way to errrr whitewash the descriptions of many of Tolkien’s characters and remove any risk of the stereotypes that might come with dark skin bad. You can’t look at Tolkien’s work without thinking about the time he wrote. Changing books because they make us uncomfortable is so wrong.
The first three, hundred percent agree. The fourth is not so easy. In Tolkien the good guys were all very British and described as pretty fair. But, there were others from the edges of middle earth described very differently. The southerners for the easy example. The movies and rings of power went out of their way to errrr whitewash the descriptions of many of Tolkien’s characters and remove any risk of the stereotypes that might come with dark skin bad. You can’t look at Tolkien’s work without thinking about the time he wrote. Changing books because they make us uncomfortable is so wrong.
This is true, the haradrim and easterlings come to mind as well