The Lord of the Rings has become the unlikely center of a campus culture war after a university course branded JRR Tolkien's fantasy world racially offensive, sparking fury among students and fans who say a beloved literary classic is being unfairly recast as hostile to Africans. The text further claims Tolkien's fictional races share in a legacy of "anti-African antipathy," in which Africans are portrayed as "the natural enemy of the white man." The course extends its critique to Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, highlighting the Calormen as an example of what some readers see as orientalist stereotypes.
Author: Aaron Tinney
Published at: 2025-12-30 23:45:00
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