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| Bid to ban 'racist' Tintin book | Bid to ban 'racist' Tintin book |
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| The Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) is calling on high street books to pull a Tintin adventure from its shelves over claims it is racist. | The Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) is calling on high street books to pull a Tintin adventure from its shelves over claims it is racist. |
| Complaints about Tintin in the Congo have led to Borders and Waterstones moving it to their adult section. | |
| A spokeswoman said the book contained "words of hideous racial prejudice, where the 'savage natives' look like monkeys and talk like imbeciles". | A spokeswoman said the book contained "words of hideous racial prejudice, where the 'savage natives' look like monkeys and talk like imbeciles". |
| Borders said they are committed to let their "customers make the choice". | Borders said they are committed to let their "customers make the choice". |
| 'Racist claptrap' | 'Racist claptrap' |
| The store's spokesman added: "Naturally, some of the thousands of books and music selections we carry could be considered controversial or objectionable depending on individual political views, tastes and interests." | The store's spokesman added: "Naturally, some of the thousands of books and music selections we carry could be considered controversial or objectionable depending on individual political views, tastes and interests." |
| A Waterstones spokesman said: "We have reviewed the title's situation and are moving it away from the other Tintin titles into the graphic novel section." | A Waterstones spokesman said: "We have reviewed the title's situation and are moving it away from the other Tintin titles into the graphic novel section." |
| The CRE spokewoman said: "How and why do Borders think that it's okay to peddle such racist material?" | The CRE spokewoman said: "How and why do Borders think that it's okay to peddle such racist material?" |
| "The only place that it might be acceptable for this to be displayed would be in a museum, with a big sign saying 'old-fashioned, racist claptrap.' | "The only place that it might be acceptable for this to be displayed would be in a museum, with a big sign saying 'old-fashioned, racist claptrap.' |
| "It's high time that they reconsidered their decision and removed this from their shelves," she added. | "It's high time that they reconsidered their decision and removed this from their shelves," she added. |
| The book's publishers Egmont said the book comes with a warning that it features "bourgeois, paternalistic stereotypes of the period - an interpretation some readers may find offensive". | The book's publishers Egmont said the book comes with a warning that it features "bourgeois, paternalistic stereotypes of the period - an interpretation some readers may find offensive". |
| The Tintin adventures were written by Belgian author Herge - real name Georges Prosper Remi - from 1929 until his death in 1983. | The Tintin adventures were written by Belgian author Herge - real name Georges Prosper Remi - from 1929 until his death in 1983. |
| He continued to revise his books after their publication, and admitted embarrassment over some of the views they expressed. | He continued to revise his books after their publication, and admitted embarrassment over some of the views they expressed. |
| A scene in Tintin in the Congo in which the eponymous hero gave a geography lesson to Africans about Belgium was later changed to a maths class. | A scene in Tintin in the Congo in which the eponymous hero gave a geography lesson to Africans about Belgium was later changed to a maths class. |