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RandomguyNo.123 wrote: The haradrim and the easterlings are people of color. (They do get portrayed better once thay make amends with gondor though.) Indeed.

In Narnia, only one Calorman ('coloured man') is ever portrayed in a good light, and only once he asserts his belief in Aslan, i.e converts to Christianity. The Haradrim in Lotr are however not alienized by the author through religion, rather through their feud with Gondor. As you say, they get portrayed better as a whole once they make ammends with Gondor, though they mostly obviously don't believe in the good intentions of Eru and Manwe.