Tolkien spoke out publicly against racial and ethnic hatred[...] He rebuked a German publisher who asked him if he was Jewish, saying he regretted not having Jewish ancestors. He detested Nazi Germany, which was built on a foundation of racial and ethnic hatred (Tolkien called Hitler that "ruddy little ignoramus").
Tolkien was also a Roman Catholic in a mid-century England dominated by Protestants, and would have known what it felt like to be treated as a persecuted minority.
"He was born in South Africa, and he said, 'I have the hatred of apartheid in my bones,'
Tolkien's embrace of all humanity can be seen in the premise of his beloved fantasy series, says Coren, his biographer.
The plot is propelled by the ability of different groups — elves, humans, hobbits and dwarves — to band together and see beyond their superficial differences. And two of the most endearing characters in the books are Legolas the elf and Gimli the dwarf, who become dear friends despite mutual distrust that had divided their groups for thousands of years, he says.
"Tolkien certainly wrote about good and evil, but he never attributed this to race"
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/03/entertainment/lord-of-the-rings-amazon-controversy-blake-cec/index.html
Tolkien today would have not cared who portrayed his characters.
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