The Tintin books are not, on the norm, read by children anymore anyway. It would have been smarter and wiser to put them amongst the adult graphic novels even before this whole fiasco.
It's also important to remember how old those books are (Tintin in the Congo was written in 1930-31), and the fact that Herge's work was heavily influenced by the views of the society by which he was surrounded at the time. He later changed some of the panels in the Tintin books to be *less* offensive.
I was rather shocked and amazed to see copies of Little Black Sambo on the shelves when i was working at Books-A-Million down south, honestly. Mostly because I expected someone to raise a fuss.
There were definite racist overtones in the Tintin books, but that doesn't mean they should be banned, or destroyed, or remain unread. If anything, they should be treated, as you say, as artifacts, accurate portrayals of some opinions in a time before our own.
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It's also important to remember how old those books are (Tintin in the Congo was written in 1930-31), and the fact that Herge's work was heavily influenced by the views of the society by which he was surrounded at the time. He later changed some of the panels in the Tintin books to be *less* offensive.
I was rather shocked and amazed to see copies of Little Black Sambo on the shelves when i was working at Books-A-Million down south, honestly. Mostly because I expected someone to raise a fuss.
There were definite racist overtones in the Tintin books, but that doesn't mean they should be banned, or destroyed, or remain unread. If anything, they should be treated, as you say, as artifacts, accurate portrayals of some opinions in a time before our own.
meh.