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07/11/2007: ""Racist" book pulled from shelves"

A British chain of bookstores, Borders, said Wednesday it had yanked copies of a Tintin book from its children's sections after a race watchdog complained it was racist -- but would continue to sell it on adults' shelves.

The Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) said it "beggared belief" that Borders should sell "Tintin in the Congo", claiming it contained potentially highly offensive material.

"This book contains imagery and words of hideous racial prejudice, where the 'savage natives' look like monkeys and talk like imbeciles," a spokeswoman said.

[ Multiculturalism doesn't work. ]

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Sales of a Tintin comic book have rocketed since the Commission for Racial Equality claimed it was racist, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Sales of "Tintin in the Congo" have shot up by 3,800 percent after the CRE watchdog claimed it contained potentially highly offensive material, said The Daily Telegraph.

[ These guys are as dumb as Christian protest groups. Group: "This movie shows illicit lust and Satanism!" Kids: (massive rush to see movie). Producer: "Hey, Christian protest group, here's a big fat check... thanks for making me a millionaire, morons!" ]



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