The latest PC ruling: Babar is a 'rhinoist'

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: April 18, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

BABAR the Elephant, a staple bedtime story, has been deemed politically incorrect.

Both King Babar and his wife, Queen Celeste, display Eurocentrism by wearing western clothes and the stories are seen as sexist with Celeste displaying a weak personality and appallingly conventional dress sense, never wearing trousers. The imperialist Babar is also guilty of "internalised racism" towards the Rhino kingdom.

These are the conclusions of Angela Aujila, a multiculturalism student at Simon Fraser University in Canada. The Rhinos, she explains, "are portrayed as ignorant, gruff, thick-headed and ...

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