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Tolkien's descriptions of certain characters and races have been criticised as racist by writers including Andrew O'Hehir and Jenny Turner—especially his descriptions of Orcs and their purported similarity to 20th century stereotypes of Asians.[8][9] In a private letter, Tolkien describes orcs as:[T 1]

>squat, broad, flat-nosed, sallow-skinned, with wide mouths and slant eyes: in fact degraded and repulsive versions of the (to Europeans) least lovely Mongol-types.[T 1]

>Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made