http://graphicpolicy.com/2008/07/10/racist-comic-being-sold-at-wal-mart/ Where Comic Books and Politics Meet... Thu, 17 May 2012 19:30:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://graphicpolicy.com/2008/07/10/racist-comic-being-sold-at-wal-mart/#comment-369 Sat, 30 May 2009 13:39:57 +0000 http://graphicpolicy.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-369 Aw! come on! To call this comic racist is as dumb as calling the same all the stuff related to the Chang family, or Webster, or the appearence of Lone Ranger’s Tonto -Tonto, by the way, means “Dumb” in spanish-.
Memin is the central character on the comic: a goodhearted kid who also happens to cheat, dam, is mishievous -as any kid- and always gets out with it. The kid is loved by most other characters and -of course- envyed and hated by the bad characters.
Is he black…errr… african-mexican? Yes! as almost 5 percent of the mexican population’s ascent. And they call black themselves , no hypocrisy needed. In fact, in Mexico it is very common to call “blackie” -negrito/negrita- a person only because you love him/her, even when he/she can be blond.
Is the comic loaded by stereotypes? Yes, as must of popular literature.
Come on people! Americans always look the straw in the eyes of others. And Texans! Come on, will you?

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