Seminar speakers announced – Tolkien and Diversity

Tolkien Society ^ | 06 09 2021 | Will Sherwood

[Pilgrim's Progress]

AOC reached for comment: “J. R. R. Tolkien proves his stand on diversity. After all, he picked Ian MacClellan to play Gandalf didn’t he?

[Jonty30]

The left has been coming after Tolkien, for implying that all elves are white. Nevermind the fact that it’s a European allegory and it should be expected that all characters are European stock.

[Paladin2]

Marxism needs to be excluded from any Diversity discussions.

[katana]

Anybody want to discuss the dark hued men of the south who were mercenaries in the pay of Sauron? Even in the films they were portrayed to resemble Arabs. Tolkien knew what (and who) evil would look like. And kudos to Jackson for not flinching in the making of the films.

[themidnightskulker]

Yet another part of my childhood innocence is being destroyed.

[vladimir998]

A serious Tolkien scholar, Anne C. Petty, must be rolling over in her grave.

[thecodont]

The left has been coming after Tolkien, for implying that all elves are white. Nevermind the fact that it’s a European allegory and it should be expected that all characters are European stock.

Seen any Keebler commercials lately?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

“Diversity” is code for “No white people allowed.”

[yesthatjallen]

Gondor in Transition: A Brief Introduction to Transgender Realities in The Lord of the Rings

Read it again. You missed the subtext the first time.

[themidnightskulker]

Yep. The Harridim.
Lets talk about the Uruk-Hai.

[Jonty30]

No,but I get the idea.

I haven’t seen a full tv show, even for a half hour sit-com for more than 16 years. I managed to quit my tv addiction back in 2004.

[Dr. Franklin]

"It was said by Gimli that there are few dwarf-women, probably no more than a third of the whole people. They seldom walk abroad except at great need. They are in voice and appearance, and in garb if they must go on a journey, so like to the dwarf-men that the eyes and ears of other peoples cannot tell them apart."
The Return of the King, Appendix A

Give the Dwarves some credit. Unlike the Muslims, they didn't make the women wear a hijab or a niqab to hide their bad looks. Don't think anything else in Tolkien could be considered transgender. Unlike the Peter Jackson movies, Tolkien's Elven women were very feminine.

[cgbg]

“Diversity” is code for “No white people allowed.”

"Diversity" is code for "No white people allowed unless they are sexual perverts."

[Jonty30]

The only physical differences between men and elves that were noted by Tolkien is that elf eyes glowed a bit and they were about 6” taller than the average man.

Otherwise, elves and men were indistinguishable when not closely observed.

[chief lee runamok]

   Duh-orcs

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

If you want a scathing and some what profane send up on this look up Just Some Guy on youtube.

[Louis Foxwell]

Deep seated pathological narcisistic infantilism.
Tolkein was a conservative Christian. He wrote Christian stories. He and C.S. Lewis were at the vangaurd of Christian literature.
Enough with the perversion.

[Bigg Red]

Ping

[Bogey78O]

JRR Tolkein’s son Christopher died a few years ago. He was the last true gatekeeper of his father’s legacy. The current estate managers seem less interested in his work and more interest in monetizing it.