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anime avis: "Tolkien wasn& #39;t racist, there& #39;s no connection between how they& #39;re described and how white people (used to)(100% still do) view BIPOC"
J.R.R. Fucking Tolkien:
J.R.R. Fucking Tolkien:
Pointing out racism isn& #39;t "the REAL racism" you unseasoned saltines, and the language of racial otherness and oppression being used to describe non-human fantasy characters/races isn& #39;t an accident.
"orcs aren& #39;t human, so it& #39;s okay to use dehumanizing/othering/racist language to describe them as subhuman" is the same line that 6Fs used to justify using that same language on REAL people.
"they aren& #39;t human so it& #39;s okay. they& #39;re & #39;savage.& #39; they& #39;re & #39;other.& #39;"
"they aren& #39;t human so it& #39;s okay. they& #39;re & #39;savage.& #39; they& #39;re & #39;other.& #39;"
I& #39;m so fucking tired of having to spell this out for yall dirty-legged thin-lips. maybe if your entire personality didn& #39;t revolve around being smug and contrary you& #39;d be capable of more than a surface level understanding of literally anything.
if you think it& #39;s still okay in two thousand and twenty to justify race science, biological determinism and dehumanizing/degrading language to describe nonhuman fantasy species, or use racial tension as a plot point: give me a heads-up so I can ridicule you before I block you.
