I read somewhere that the dwarves are supposed to represent the Jews in Tolkien
Mm, I can kind of see that. And there's lots of other non-human races who fit the bill, look at the goblins in HP. Actually..on second thoughts, don't.
I'm kinda glad though that it isn't obvious that we are in there, because it *would* be disgustingly stereotyped.
Yeah, I guess. But the fact that it doesn't even occur to anyone to put you(*) there feels a bit like...erasure.
That and it says something that noone seems to object to all the other racist portrayals :/
(*) Being only one quarter jewish I don't feel comfortable saying "we", but I think one reason it bugs me is because I have no context to imagine what life was like for my jewish forbears in those times, they're not included in the mental image my culture has given me of the past. Which may have something to do with me reading a lot more fantasy than history books, but hey :)
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Mm, I can kind of see that. And there's lots of other non-human races who fit the bill, look at the goblins in HP. Actually..on second thoughts, don't.
I'm kinda glad though that it isn't obvious that we are in there, because it *would* be disgustingly stereotyped.
Yeah, I guess. But the fact that it doesn't even occur to anyone to put you(*) there feels a bit like...erasure.
That and it says something that noone seems to object to all the other racist portrayals :/
(*) Being only one quarter jewish I don't feel comfortable saying "we", but I think one reason it bugs me is because I have no context to imagine what life was like for my jewish forbears in those times, they're not included in the mental image my culture has given me of the past. Which may have something to do with me reading a lot more fantasy than history books, but hey :)