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Tintin book on trial

Vocabulary

ginger quiff

hairstyle, worn usually by men, in which the hair at the front of the head is brushed up. If your hair is ginger, it's red or orange

has wowed

has impressed, made people think it is very good

intrepid

very brave, showing no signs of fear

colony

country or area which is controlled politically and often economically by a more powerful and often distant country

a swashbuckler

a person who behaves in a brave and exciting way

a golliwog

an old-fashioned child's toy made of soft material, in the form of a small man with a black face and stiff black hair. The term 'golliwog' is nowadays considered racist when it is used to refer to a black person

the views espoused are racist and colonialist

the opinions held express negative ideas about the people because of the colour of their skin. The opinions also support the idea of one country having power over another (having it as a colony)

prejudices

negative views of other people based not on fact but on unfair and unreasonable opinions or feelings

ban

stop something being available to buy legally

a warning about the content

a sign (on the book's cover, for example) which lets readers know that the story might upset them or make them angry