Not to get into real world politics or religion, because this is a fantasy game. But when Tolkien portrayed Orcs, they weren't about beasts vs humans. Nor were they some underhanded attempt to be racist about about non white ethnicities. Tolkien based Orcs and Goblins on fallen Angels and Demons, and his Elves on Angels of God. That's why they were portrayed as so evil, and Elves as so good.
This. Tolkein had the same view of evil that Augustine did. Evil is the corruption of the good. And evil is a real supernatural force that alters one's (very real) immoral soul. People who think that is view is too simple are really saying they disagree with this theological pov.
It's a game. You pretend to take on a moral code that is different from one you hold in real life . . . You can think Tolkein in wrong and still play a lawful good paladin.
