{"id":472,"date":"2005-07-01T07:50:59","date_gmt":"2005-07-01T11:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2005\/07\/mexican_stamps_fuel_racial_stereotypes\/"},"modified":"2005-07-01T07:50:59","modified_gmt":"2005-07-01T11:50:59","slug":"mexican_stamps_fuel_racial_stereotypes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2005\/07\/01\/mexican_stamps_fuel_racial_stereotypes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Stamps fuel ‘Racial Stereotypes’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A series of five stamps was released Wednesday for general use by the Mexican government. The stamps depict an exaggerated black cartoon character known as Memin Pinguin, a child character from a comic book started in the 1940s and still published in Mexico.<\/div>\n

Oh hell no! Mexico is officially trippin’ now. Fresh off of Vicente Fox’s comments about certain jobs that ‘even Blacks’ don’t want Mexico releases these foul a$$ postage stamps<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\nWASHINGTON – The White House on Thursday objected to a postage stamp issued by the Mexican government, saying that “racial stereotypes are offensive no matter what their origin” and have no place in today’s world.<\/p>\n

The stamp depicts an exaggerated black cartoon character known as Memin Pinguin, drawn with exaggerated features, thick lips and wide-open eyes. His appearance, speech and mannerisms are the subject of kidding by white characters in the comic book, which started in the 1940s and is still published in Mexico.<\/p>\n

White House press secretary Scott McClellan said it was “an internal issue for Mexico and the postal authorities that issued the stamp. With that said, I would like to make a couple of points. Racial stereotypes are offensive no matter what their origin. The Mexican government needs to take this into account. Images like these have no place in today’s world.” <\/p>\n

Mexico said that like Speedy Gonzalez — a cartoon mouse with a Mexican accent that debuted in the United States in 1953 — the Memin Pinguin character shouldn’t be interpreted as a racial slur.<\/p>\n

Activists have also called on the Mexican government to withdraw the stamp.<\/p>\n

“One would hope the Mexican government would be a little more careful and avoid continually opening wounds,” said Sergio Penalosa, an activist in Mexico’s small black community on the southern Pacific coast.<\/p>\n

“But we’ve learned to expect anything from this government, just anything,” Penalosa said. [read the entire article…<\/a>]\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m surprised that they even have any<\/em> kind of representation of Blacks in Mexico since they’ve tried to hide the history of Blacks in their country for so long<\/a>. Perhaps it’s time for a history (and sensitivity lesson)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A series of five stamps was released Wednesday for general use by the Mexican government. The stamps depict an exaggerated black cartoon character known as Memin Pinguin, a child character from a comic book started in the 1940s and still published in Mexico. Oh hell no! Mexico is officially trippin’ now. Fresh off of Vicente… Continue reading Mexican Stamps fuel ‘Racial Stereotypes’<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,13],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":352,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/07\/03\/chuck_d_takes_over_trio_tv\/","url_meta":{"origin":472,"position":0},"title":"Chuck D Takes over Trio TV","date":"July 3, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"If you get the Trio channel you may want to take a look at their line-up for the week or so. 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