Tintin makes troubles 80 years later by Zivka Deleva

Eighty years after the publishing of the comic book "Tintin in the Congo" in Belgium, a Congolese man is trying to convince the Belgian judges to ban the book, because it was offensive toward the African people. What an apsurd! Come on people, get a little bit honest and release yourself from the tights. The cartoon has been part of the childhood of a lot of children in the whole world, and we live in the 21.century, who is the one to judge what should be published, where is then the freedom of speech and expression? The same man has tried to ban the book in France, as well, but simply didn't make it. The court in Belgium is going to say the last word next week. "Tintin's ! little (black) helper is seen as stupid and without qualities. It makes people think that blacks have not evolved," - said Bienvenu Mbutu who lives in Belgium. It is not like this is the first time for the comics to be critisized. In the time it was published, there were a lot of reaction about the racist and colonialist views. Even the author himself admitted that at that time he wanted to depict the naive colonialist views of the time. Other possibility than ban of the book might be a note in which it would state that the book might be offensive for some readers. The Commission for Racial Equality od United Kingdom three years ago took that measure, because the book "contained imagery and words of hideous racial prejudice".

by Zivka Deleva for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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