Memin Pinguin Stamps Racist Or Not Part II Of II

In continuation to the post on Wednesday.

Interest in the stamps was spurred because of the criticism from the United States government, American Hispanics and African Americans. Sales of the stamps immediately soared. Within days, all of the stamps were sold out in Mexico. They immediately began appearing on Internet auction sites for many times their face value. As a result of the newly sparked interest in Mexico, the original comic books were then reissued.

The Mexican government and citizens alike took great offense to the United States because of the denouncement of these stamps and viewed the criticism as a personal attack on Mexico itself.

Just this week, new Memin Pinguin comic books have appeared at Wal-Mart stores in Houston, Texas. A patron spotted them on the shelf and demanded that they be removed immediately. This one store did, but others have not yet. Only time and public outcry will decide the fate of these comic books. Even though these stamps were released two years ago, the wounds are clearly still raw and controversial.

It’s up to each individual person to decide if these stamps are indeed racist.