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Submitted By Testbet 77 days ago

meminpinguin.org - MExico stamps of Memin Pinguin, highly controversial.

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  Testbet says... 75 days ago Score: 0 Grind this Comment Trash this Comment

  Thanks for the info. I still have my reservations.

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  CubanChica says... 77 days ago Score: 0 Grind this Comment Trash this Comment

  In another, Memín decides not to receive Communion at his church, after a cruel boy tells him blacks aren't allowed in Heaven, pointing to the lack of black angels in religious paintings as proof (this was inspired by a popular song "Angelitos negros" that asked the same question and a popular Mexican motion picture of 1948 of the same name). Memín reasons that, since he is going to heck anyway, he can do any mischief he wants. This prompted some Roman Catholic priests to boycott the magazine, and after sales plummeted an issue in which Memin friends with the aid of the church priest, paint one of the angels in the church black, Memín returns to church and dreams of becoming an angel was published.
  
  In yet another adventure called "Líos Gordos." Memín and his friends travel to Texas to play soccer. They go for a chocolate milkshake, but the place refuses to sell to Memín, because it doesn't serve "Negroes". His friends stand up for him, get into a fight, and end up in jail.

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  CubanChica says... 77 days ago Score: 0 Grind this Comment Trash this Comment

  I remember this character's name from when I was growing up. We have a rhyme and everything. Here is what I found out about the comic.
  
  While Memín suffers a degree of racist taunting, especially in the first issues, the characters mocking him are depicted as either cruel or ignorant. As the story progresses, his race becomes less of an issue.
  
  In one famous issue, Memín, having read that Cleopatra VII of Egypt took milk baths to lighten her skin, tries the same treatment. His mother weeps with sorrow that her son would want to change his skin color. A repentant Memín decides to be proud of his race and color to honor his good mother.

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