@seanbala first one as an adult. I read some in childhood.
Rohini Lakshané
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I picked up this copy of a Tintin comic in a waiting room. -
I picked up this copy of a Tintin comic in a waiting room.@KarlHeinzHasliP sigh.
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I picked up this copy of a Tintin comic in a waiting room.@mehluv well, 'explicitly fascist' clocks.
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I picked up this copy of a Tintin comic in a waiting room.@aegir I remember another one in which 'gypsies' (the Roma) are called names.
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I picked up this copy of a Tintin comic in a waiting room.@mlncn well, most of the material in that waiting room was present-day Hindu supremacist stuff. So, the choice of Tintin kinda makes sense.
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I picked up this copy of a Tintin comic in a waiting room.I remember one Tintin comic calling gypsies (the Roma in Europe) thieves and other names.
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I picked up this copy of a Tintin comic in a waiting room.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