“Actor Lenny Henry Confirms Radical Changes To Hobbits In Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings Series”; “we’re hobbits, but we’re called Harfoots. And we’re multi-cultural. We’re a tribe. We’re not a race. So there are black, Asian and brown, and even Maori types within it.” - Kotaku In Action 2

“Actor Lenny Henry Confirms Radical Changes To Hobbits In Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings Series”; “we’re hobbits, but we’re called Harfoots. And we’re multi-cultural. We’re a tribe. We’re not a race. So there are black, Asian and brown, and even Maori types within it.” (media.communities.win)

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– Knife-TotingRat 29 points 3 years ago +29 / -0

So, they're going back to the stupid "if it looks human, it must BE biologically human" nonsense of sci-fi Creationism that thinks "race" and "species" are the same fucking thing. They even took the genetic component out of the word "tribe".

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– Assassin47 14 points 3 years ago +14 / -0

Blame Star Trek for that chestnut. Though in their case it was deliberate from the beginning as each species was just a metaphor for aspects of Humanity. Only over time did they apply more legitimate sci-fi worldbuilding. On the contrary with woke shit today, they're breaking down already established fantasy to deliver their messages.

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