Rohini Lakshané17h ago

I picked up this copy of a Tintin comic in a waiting room. My first time reading Tintin as an adult. These comics are racist as f**k. The coloniser gaze is everywhere. As a child, I felt it but could never articulate it.

Edit: I found this Wikipedia page about it. This is indeed one of the most racist of the Tintin comic albums. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintin_in_the_Congo

Show threadKarl Heinz Häsliprinz
@rohini Belgium in a nutshell. They are still selling little chocolate hands in the shops and in you order a Lumumba in there, they bring a "hot chocolate with a shot" as if history was a joke.
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Show threadRohini Lakshané15h ago
@KarlHeinzHasliP sigh.
Show threadJeroen Baert7h ago
@KarlHeinzHasliP @rohini Belgian here. That's atrocious, and I suspect happens tourist-y parts of Brussels? Can assure you that that is definitely *not* common in the wider country.