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Since we’ve covered Americans calling Brazil the Congo this week and racist books in the past, it’s only relevant to call attention to a book that’s raising controversy in the U.K. Some of you might be familiar with Tintin, a series of children’s books that have been around for over half a century now. They tend to chronicle the adventures of the main character in various parts of the world, with good, clean fun. But it seems Tintin’s latest adventure took a racist turn for the worst:

Borders is removing “Tintin in the Congo” from the children’s section of its British stores, after a customer complained the comic work was racist, the company said Thursday.

David Enright, a London-based human-rights lawyer, was shopping at Borders with his family when he came upon the book, first published in 1931, and opened it to find what he characterized as racist abuse.

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