Tintin books sparks controversy
Updated on 12 July 2007
The world's most famous Belgian is in the dock accused of racism.
Campaigners say the book Tintin In The Congo should be kept out of the reach of children.
It awakens dark rumours of Tintin's sinister Nazi inspiration.
The Commission for Racial Equality says the book is crude and offensive to black people.
The Tintin books are the creation of Herge, alias George Remi.
The CRE say that Herge's Congo book should be removed from all the childrens' section of all bookstores and it seems many bookshops agree.
Other children's books have also generated controversy.
Noddy books were banned for many years-- critics said they presented gollliwogs in menacing tones,so giving children a negative impression of black people.
And the European Union has threatened to ban the Biggles books, under a new anti-racism law but it is not just children's books.
Even the last century's literary greats, like Ezra Pound and TS Eliot, are now deemed anti-semitic.
