Memin Pinguin is a Mexican cartoon character whose image is seen as derogatory by many African Americans. Publicity over a Mexican postage stamp fueled the controversy. Historian Enrique Krauze ...

But Mexican readers who grew up following the ... which we knew was based on a popular cartoon character in Mexico. We looked into it further, and we decided to no longer distribute the book ...

History is what accounts for the different reactions Mexicans and Americans (including Mexican Americans) have had to the news that the Mexican postal service just issued a sheet of Memín ...

MEXICO CITY - The Mexican government has issued postage stamps depicting an exaggerated black cartoon character known as Memin Pinguin. The series of five stamps released Wednesday depicts a ...