A court in Belgium will rule on a case brought by a Congolese man to ban sales in the country of the 1920s book by cartoonist Hergé, Tintin in the Congo. The book has long been criticized for its racist images and dialogue, and even the cartoonist referred to it years later as “a youthful sin which reflected the prejudices of the time”, according to the BBC. The UK’s Commission for Racial Equality at one point asked for the book to be banned, but it is now often sold in Britain with a wrapper saying the contents may be offensive.
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 28 April 2010 at 9:18 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 28 April 2010.
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Tags: banned, Belgium, Britain, cartoon, court case, Hergé, Tintin in the Congo, UK
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