Misunderstood expression of endearment or cruel racist caricature,
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HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- A comic-book character popular in Mexico for
generations has run into a cultural barrier at the border, where
Americans see him as a racist caricature.

For more than 60 years Mexicans have followed the adventures
of "Memin Pinguin." But the dark-skinned Memin's exaggerated features
in "Memin for President" came as a shock to Houston, Texas, Wal-Mart
shopper Shawnedria McGinty.

"I was like, OK, is that a monkey or a boy?" McGinty said. "To me it
was an insult."

She'd never heard of "Memin Pinguin." She bought a Spanish-English
dictionary and tried translating but still didn't like what she saw.

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here:http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/09/mexican.comic/index.html

Misunderstood expression of endearment or cruel racist caricature,
what do you think?