As a child, I loved reading, whether it was a picture book, a comic book, or a novel, I would devour anything put in front of me. I, of course, read all the classics: Clifford The Big Red Dog, Nate The Great, Richard Scary's Big Book of Pictures, and of course the Adventures of Tintin. I mean who could resist the zany adventures of this freakish looking ginger with a vicious widows peak and a "There's a Something About Mary Cowlick"But for all his lovable antics and kind hearted deeds, Tintin was hiding a dark, horrible secret, one that stood against everything Tintin represented. Tintin was and is to this day a horrible and dedicated racist who believes in nothing else but the advancement of the white race. For the most part Tintin hides his hatred well and you never even realize you are looking at a card carrying member of the Ku Klux Clan. However, in Tintin in the Congo we finally see Tintin's hatred bubble over. Treating the internationally much beloved and well respected people of the Congo as if they were no more than beastly savages. In the End Tintin is banned from the nation after raising a giant wooden cross and declaring himself king. A sad day for children's literature. In case you were wondering though, here are some other Tintin titles you might not be familiar with:
Tintin and the Third Reich
Tintin travels the Triangle Trade
Tintin and the Grand Wizard
Tintin Keep it White, Keep it Pure
Frankly my world is turned on it's edge, what are we going to find out next that Winnie the Poo was raping Christopher Robins.... Christ I'm going to bed.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/07/16/us_borders_bookstores_shelve_tintin/
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSN1725600020070717
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