{"id":5522,"date":"2018-08-30T12:25:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T10:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hergegenootschap.nl\/wp2\/?p=5522"},"modified":"2020-07-06T12:16:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T10:16:40","slug":"ouwe-koek-of-heeft-men-een-punt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hergegenootschap.nl\/wp2\/2018\/08\/30\/ouwe-koek-of-heeft-men-een-punt\/","title":{"rendered":"Ouwe koek of heeft men een punt?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Door Jacques Heemskerk,\u00a0met dank aan Samy Herskowicz
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Row over shop linked to Labour MSP selling ‘racist’ Tintin book<\/h1>\n

An\u00a0SNP<\/a>\u00a0spokesman said it seemed \u201cremarkable that a retailer would be promoting such a publication in this day and age \u2013 one which perpetuates deeply offensive racial and colonial prejudices\u201d.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cIt’s all the more troubling given it’s a comic book geared towards a young audience, being sold in a shop connected to a prominent Labour politician.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lees meer in\u00a0The Herald Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n

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Labour MSP Daniel Johnson’s response over links to racist comic book sales ‘not good enough’<\/h1>\n
“Not enough is done to educate on the brutalisation of African people under European rule, where approximately five to 10 million were brutally massacred in the Congo alone. The sale of publications such as these create a romanticism with Empire unbefitting of our internationalist and staunchly anti-colonialist Party\u201d<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Bron:\u00a0CommonSpace.<\/a><\/div>\n

Heeft men een punt of gaat het hier om een vorm van overdreven politieke correctheid? Misschien gaat het in dit concrete geval wel over iets geheel anders, is er sprake van een afrekening en wordt Kuifje daarvoor gebruikt.<\/p>\n

Natuurlijk woedden er al eerder dergelijke discussies. Hierbij een greep uit diverse media:<\/p>\n