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First...the book was written in the 1940's in England.
Attitudes were a bit different back then.
And he wrote for his audience (English...very white people)
If an author is writing from their own experience or for a particular audience,
is it really racist?
Are Asian books racist, or Middle Eastern, or African, etc...no, duh.
Second, most of the books both good and evil have a variety of races, creed & color.
Golum is pasty white, as is worm-tongue.
Orcs & goblins are red, and grey, green, etc. (multi-colored)
Races & countries work together in this book.
BTW..."swarthy" could mean a LOT of different descriptions.
Enjoy the books for what they are,
a saga of Good & Honor vs. Evil & deception.
The giving against the selfish.
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