In 1995, the U.S. postal
service had a series of stamps based on American comic strips.
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In 2005, The postal
service of Mexico decided to release a series of stamps based on the same
theme, beloved comic strip characters. Those of us north of
the border only heard of one of those series, comic book character Memín Pinguín.
Needless to say, many
north of the border were offended and out raged. Controversy flared
especially among the political class. Leaders of the NAACP, the
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the National Council of La Raza and the National Urban
League
Many Americans are
familiar with the characters Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica,
and Reggie , all
of whom were created in the early 1940's.
In the same vein, many
Mexicans are familiar with the characters Memín, Carlangas, Ernestillo, and
Riquillo also
created in the early 1940's.
So as always, Jesse
Jackson and Al Sharpton decided to move in to protest at the Mexican embassy.
Only to find that their
race card was not going to be accepted and they have no White-guilt south of
the border. Instead of the stamps being pulled this happened:
“By
Friday afternoon, people were bidding more than $125 on the Internet auction
site eBay for the complete set of five stamps--each of which has a face value
of 60 cents. Hundreds lined up at the capital's main post office to buy the
stamps, and Mexicans snapped them up at such a rate that all 750,000 sold out.”
(The Guardian, July 1, 2005)
Fred Reed said "Let’s see. How many
of those throwing fits had ever heard of Memin Penguin before this week? How
many of them have seen a Memin Penguin comic book? (See below.) How many read
Spanish? How many read English? Have been to Mexico? Have the foggiest idea
what they are talking about? How many are not spoiled, puerile, self-admiring twits?
Just checking.
Blacks
are not making themselves friends in this part of the world. (More correctly,
American blacks are not. Hispanic blacks behave normally, speak Spanish instead
of Hisbonics, and seem to be pretty good people.) The Mexican reaction,
certainly as I find it among people I know, and in the media, is one of
annoyance, or something stronger than annoyance."
"Just
as Speedy Gonzalez has never been interpreted in a racial manner by the people
in Mexico," embassy spokesman Rafael Laveaga said. ". . . He is a
cartoon character. I am certain that this commemorative postage stamp is not
intended to be interpreted on a racial basis in Mexico or anywhere else."
As
for me, I don't care for I don't have a dog in this race, I just enjoy seeing
the adherents of political correctness and "anti-racists" turn on
each other. As often happens, controversy and protests oftenlead to huge sales.
In
2005, Ted Turner decided to ban Speedy Gonzales because he thought it offended
Mexicans (only the university trained La Razans were offended by Speedy) from
the Cartoon Network, though it still played on Univision. There was a
back lash for so he lifted his Turner's assumption, ban.
Memin
was part of the Saturday morning line up
In 2008, there was a dust up at the Walmart
stores over the Memín Pinguín comic book, Shawedria McGinty saw the
comic at a Houston, Tx Walmart and complained to Quanell X, to avoid trouble,
the major box store chain pulled the series to avoid trouble. Many
Mexicans were unhappy about that.
This is how it most likely will be:
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