In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss a posthumously published essay by Charles W. Mills on the subject of race and racism in Lord of the Rings. Part 1 of 2.

Primary sources:

The Lord of the Rings | The Silmarillion | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

Secondary sources:

Mills - The Wretched of Middle-Earth: An Orkish Manifesto | Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

Further reading:

Mills - The Racial Contract

Jamelle Bouie for NY Times - obituary for Mills

Jared Anthony Loggins for Dissent - obituary for Mills

Ian Frazier for The New Yorker - on the debate between Du Bois and Stoddard

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