Mexican comic-book character called racist

[Ptarmigan]

Mexican comic-book character called racist
From Ed Lavandera
CNN Correspondent
July 9, 2008
 
HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- A comic-book character popular in Mexico for generations has run into a cultural barrier at the border, where Americans see him as a racist caricature.

For more than 60 years Mexicans have followed the adventures of "Memin Pinguin." But the dark-skinned Memin's exaggerated features in "Memin for President" came as a shock to Houston, Texas, Wal-Mart shopper Shawnedria McGinty.

"I was like, OK, is that a monkey or a boy?" McGinty said. "To me it was an insult."

She'd never heard of "Memin Pinguin." She bought a Spanish-English dictionary and tried translating but still didn't like what she saw.

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Quanell X strikes again. Another stupid race hustling victocrat. He is Houston's version of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Funny thing is, there are Blacks in Mexico and Latin America and no ruckus was raised there. Well, granted there is a lot of prejudice and racism in that part of the world. Some Latin American nations are overwhemingly White, even more so than Europe and America. Most notably Argentina.

[Chris_]

Mexican comic-book character called racist
From Ed Lavandera
CNN Correspondent
July 9, 2008
 
HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- A comic-book character popular in Mexico for generations has run into a cultural barrier at the border, where Americans see him as a racist caricature.

For more than 60 years Mexicans have followed the adventures of "Memin Pinguin." But the dark-skinned Memin's exaggerated features in "Memin for President" came as a shock to Houston, Texas, Wal-Mart shopper Shawnedria McGinty.

"I was like, OK, is that a monkey or a boy?" McGinty said. "To me it was an insult."

She'd never heard of "Memin Pinguin." She bought a Spanish-English dictionary and tried translating but still didn't like what she saw.

Full Article

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Quanell X strikes again. Another stupid race hustling victocrat. He is Houston's version of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Funny thing is, there are Blacks in Mexico and Latin America and no ruckus was raised there. Well, granted there is a lot of prejudice and racism in that part of the world. Some Latin American nations are overwhemingly White, even more so than Europe and America. Most notably Argentina.

Mexicans definitely are skin-color conscious. Light skinned people are treated quite differently than mestizos (much less negritas).

[Ptarmigan]

Mexicans definitely are skin-color conscious. Light skinned people are treated quite differently than mestizos (much less negritas).

Very true. The really light skinned ones are on top. There is this old saying that Mexico is ruled by 10 to 15 families. They have done it for 500 years. Their wealth would make John D. Rockefeller a poor man.