ard ▁says : ▁ ▁The ▁film - maker ▁Andrew ▁Stewart , ▁writing ▁in ▁C ounter P unch , ▁c ites ▁this ▁speech ▁as ▁an ▁instance ▁of ▁" mid - tw enti eth ▁century ▁scientific ▁rac ism ▁.. ▁which ▁alarm ingly ▁sp ells ▁out ▁the ▁notion ▁of ▁' race ▁mixing ' ▁as ▁a ▁great ▁sin ". ▁Stewart ▁notes , ▁too , ▁that ▁the ▁ge ography ▁of ▁Middle - ear th ▁deliber ately ▁p its ▁the ▁good ▁West ▁against ▁the ▁evil ▁East ; ▁John ▁Mag oun , ▁writing ▁in ▁the ▁J . R . R . ▁Tol k ien ▁Encyclopedia , ▁conc urs , ▁supp osing ▁that ▁Middle - ear th ▁has ▁a ▁" m oral ▁ge ography ". ▁Any ▁moral ▁bias ▁towards ▁a ▁north - western ▁ge ography , ▁however , ▁was ▁directly ▁addressed ▁by ▁Tol k ien ▁himself ▁in ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁Charlotte ▁and ▁Den is ▁Pl immer , ▁who ▁had ▁recently ▁interview ed ▁him ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 : ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁private ▁letter , ▁Tol k ien ▁describes ▁or cs ▁as : ▁▁ ▁A ▁variety ▁of ▁critics ▁and ▁comment ators ▁have ▁noted ▁that ▁or cs ▁are ▁somewhat ▁like ▁car ic atures ▁of ▁non - Europe ans . ▁The ▁journalist ▁David ▁Ib ata ▁writes ▁that ▁the ▁or cs ▁in ▁Peter ▁Jackson ' s ▁Tol k ien ▁films ▁look ▁much ▁like ▁" the ▁worst ▁dep ict ions ▁of ▁the ▁Japanese ▁drawn ▁by ▁American ▁and ▁British ▁ill ust rat ors ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II ." ▁The ▁literary ▁critic ▁Jen ny ▁Turner ,