A headline at the Telegraph: Tintin banned from children's shelves over 'racism' fears
After all, I don't think there's really an argument about whether or not Tintin in the Congo is racist or not -- the argument is about how to deal with it.
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Hallelujah! That is the most accurate statement I've heard about dealing, not only with Tintin in the Congo, but with all things that have racist, sexist, and any other -ist thing in them.
On another note--Indrani has been posting to your 10-year old recommendations list. She loves your blog and reads it daily. Thanks for such a valuable and well-written resource for her and for me!
Jen J.
Posted by: Jen James | 04 November 2011 at 06:01 AM
Tintin is how my brother and I learned about racism. Seriously... we read the books all the time, but my dad was very careful to explain to us that some of the depictions were racist.
Posted by: Ms Avery | 04 November 2011 at 06:03 AM