Rohini LakshanéMar 22

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 threadSean BalaMar 22
@rohini Oof - that was your first one?! That’s the one that usually is banned along with “Tintin in the Land of the Soviets” for the same reason (I think).
Show threadRohini LakshanéMar 22
@seanbala first one as an adult. I read some in childhood.
Show threadSean BalaMar 22
@rohini Ahhhhh. Okay. That is slightly better. I first saw Tintin in the animated series before I read them all as a kid. I wonder how may books we read as kids become even more problematic when you read them as an adult. The Goblins that run Gringots in Harry Potter come to mind.
Show threadRohini Lakshané
@seanbala the same for cinema. Films I watched in my childhood/ teens and even liked, seem horrible now.
Mar 22 at 2:31pmWeb