We read:
"Fears that the book Tintin in the Congo could warp young minds have led publishers to market it with protective packaging with warning labels similar to those on explicit top-shelf magazines
The new film may be good clean family fun, but one of Tintin’s classic adventures has been banished to the adult shelves of bookshops because it is overtly racist.
With a new generation of fans enjoying Steven Spielberg’s movie, The adventures of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn, enthusiasm for collecting all 24 of Herge’s original comic books has never been higher.
Unfortunately, Tintin In The Congo was written in 1930 and depicts African natives as ignorant, simple and backward people, who are far less intelligent than their white visitors.
Leading booksellers such as Waterstones have taken the book out of the children’s section, fearing it ‘could get into the wrong hands’.
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Kind of like this cartoon INKY and the MYNAH BIRD made back in those days and what about disneys SONG OF THE SOUTH
ReplyDeleteOff topic, but good lead for you. DC area liberals are seriously contemplating affirmative action in gifted and talented programs in schools to get the racial results they want. Will no longer be about gifts and talents, but of skin color, though they are ignoring completely asian students.
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Sorry, link was cut off
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Argh, it won't post the complete link. The title is
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in the washington post.
Here's a clickable version of Anon's link:
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And golliwogs as well
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