Thursday, July 07, 2005

Mexican Stamp "Honors" Sambo Character

Mexico, our great neighbor to the south, issued a series of stamps last week in honor of a "beloved" cartoon character, "Memin Pinguin," who is, frankly, a fuckin' sambo!

Judge for yourself:



In a surprising move, the Whitehouse actually called Mexico out on the obvious racist nature of the stamps, but the statements fell on deaf ears. Mexican President Vicente Fox reportedly said that the character Memin "promotes family values."

Bullshit!

I found a guy on eBay selling the Memin comics and I found the gem depicted below.

Is it just me or does it look like the black monkey-child is in the process of being forced to go down on a dog in a public park?

FAMILY VALUES??

The comic book below is not vintage, by the way. It was printed in 2002. The Memin comics have been on sale in Mexico since the '40's.


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1 comment:

Michelle Pessoa said...

I liked the video piece you did on this controversy. How did you find my blog, by the way?