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The Chimes
The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes
The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

Give stories the benefit of the doubt

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The “Lord of the Rings” orc controversy reveals a disturbing trend in our attitudes toward stories.
Brian Brooks, Freelance Writer • December 14, 2018

Speaking to the “Geek's Guide to the Galaxy” podcasters, science fiction writer Andrew Duncan reflected on a short story he had written in 2001 in which he told a sympathetic tale using J. R. R. Tolkien’s “orc” characters. It seems that the story was inspired by a subliminal racism he sensed...