An old and popular British comic book has just been reprinted:
"Race watchdogs have launched a probe into a relaunched 1939 Dandy annual after claims it uses racist and inflammatory language.
The children's annual, which has been reprinted for the Christmas market, has been branded racist for using the word 'n*gger.'
In the 1939 comic strip, Smarty Grandpa, the word is used four times by characters during the course of single-page story.
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The n-word is probably less offensive in Britain than it is in the USA. The High Court of Australia recently ruled that in Australia it is not offensive at all.
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