Tintin's racism
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- ukit
Interesting issue
http://pblks.com/2009/09/colonia…
"A closer examination of Hergé’s personal history and the political context from which Tintin came about provide tough medicine for Tintin purists. Beyond the understandable naiveté of a young Hergé, Tintin in the Congo was, in fact, a direct attempt to market the colonial effort to Belgians. This issue is explored in depth by Nancy Rose Hunt in her essay “Tintin and the interruptions of Congolese comics”, which details how a teenage Hergé got his start at the pro-colonial Catholic-Nationalist newspaper Le Vingtieme Siecle as well as the book’s impact on Congolese comics."
Hat tip: The Publics
- freitag0
tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiii me *sigh line...
- marychain0
Tin tin was racist????
no fucking shit
- freitag0
in that time nikker (dutch for nigger) was a common word and they used to have a black man in a cage for biology students.
it's all about the era.. time's have changed.
all of our great great grandfathers were racists in a way..
- airey0
he was a tad naive as he based this one off one book's attitude to the ussr and then years later realised the mistake and pulled it from reprint.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin…
- ukit0
Personally, I was a bit shocked to see this
- ukit0
Rumor has it Thomson and Thompson were gay as well..
- Jnr_Madison0
tintin = cunt.
- juhls0
NOOOOO, TINTIN, NOOOOO
- Corvo20
It's from the 40-50's... Public opinion was a bit different then, I suppose.
- ribit0
more here...
http://siskoid.blogspot.com/2007…
- benfal990
the biggest timeline of all time, seriously.
- Countryman0
I have a theory that tin tin was not only gay, but was into little boys as well. Look at all his intimate relationships. They are either with men, or young boys.........
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
- arthur0
Tintin in America is pretty bad too. Read it to my son a while back and had to gloss over many sections.