Tolkien vs the Nazis: His Actual Words On Hitler, Nazism, and the Jewish People

Was Tolkien racist? NOPE. Tolkien despised the Nazis and racist ideology, and I prove it in this video. TOLKIEN ROAD PODCAST PLEASE SUPPORT MY WORK: ---------------------------------- TRANSCRIPT: Have you ever heard somebody accuse Tolkien of being racist or anti-semitic? Maybe you’ve even heard someone claim that Tolkien was a Nazi-sympathizer? Is there any truth to these claims? Are Tolkien’s works some kind of trojan horse for abhorrent and despicable ideas about race? NOT A CHANCE! In this video, we’ll explore what Tolkien himself had to say on these issues. If you’re a Tolkien-lover like me, it pains you to hear people claim or imply that Tolkien was some kind of racist or bigot. But the good news is these claims are all baseless, and actually contradict several things that Tolkien wrote. In this video, I’m going to