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Moomin character pulled from New York exhibit over racism concern
Helsinki Times ^ | 8/1/25 | Helsinki Times

Posted on 08/01/2025 2:46:30 PM PDT by DallasBiff

The Brooklyn Public Library in New York has removed an image of the Moomin character Stinky, known in Finnish as Haisuli, from a Tove Jansson exhibition after a donor found the character potentially racist.

The exhibition, titled Tove Jansson and the Moomins: The Door Is Always Open, is the first major showcase of Jansson’s work in the United States. It presents her legacy as a writer, illustrator, pacifist and queer artist, alongside illustrations, archival materials and immersive events. It will remain open until 30 September.

Roleff Kråkström, CEO of Moomin Characters, which oversees the use and licensing of the Moomin brand, confirmed that Stinky was removed at the library’s request.

“The library informed us that one of their patrons had interpreted Stinky as a potentially racist symbol. Based on their feedback, we agreed to update the visual content,” Kråkström said in an interview with Hufvudstadsbladet.

The decision has sparked confusion among Finnish Moomin representatives. Kråkström said the accusation is unprecedented. “To our knowledge, this is the first time in the 80-year history of the Moomins that anyone has viewed Stinky as racist,” he told Helsingin Sanomat by email.

A spokesperson for the Brooklyn Public Library, Fritzi Bodenheimer, confirmed the image was taken down in response to the complaint. “This was a curatorial decision intended to ensure all visitors feel welcome,” she told Hufvudstadsbladet.

(Excerpt) Read more at helsinkitimes.fi ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: brooklyn; finland; genderdysphoria; homosexualagenda; moomin; politicalcorrectness; possibly; queer; stinky

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Oh my trouble in the radical liberal commune.

Sometimes you can't make this stuff up.

1 posted on 08/01/2025 2:46:30 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Won’t this result in a years worth of media stories about censorship? Perhaps not.


2 posted on 08/01/2025 2:52:06 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: DallasBiff
Which Race?

3 posted on 08/01/2025 3:08:23 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty)
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To: All

I doubt any Moomin fans would have been offended


4 posted on 08/01/2025 3:09:22 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: DallasBiff

So, “people of color” are all fuzzy and appear as a fuzzy ball? With feet?


5 posted on 08/01/2025 3:12:03 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: DallasBiff

“queer artist”
Her art isn’t that queer.


6 posted on 08/01/2025 3:16:30 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: DallasBiff

Litterally me after a long weekend playing video games, not showering or shaving. I’m whiter than sour cream


7 posted on 08/01/2025 3:18:01 PM PDT by clutzyfuzzy
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To: DallasBiff

Just say the he’s a Sea Urchin.


8 posted on 08/01/2025 3:18:02 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: DallasBiff

Well...





He Does Remind Me of This Guy.

9 posted on 08/01/2025 3:20:36 PM PDT by left that other site (You Shall Know The Truth, and The Truth Shall Make You Free.)
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To: DallasBiff

They have to be in all the advertisements but can’t be in any artwork?


10 posted on 08/01/2025 3:21:34 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: DallasBiff
after a donor found the character potentially racist.

If I, a donor, found something anti white something tells me not a single thing would be changed. All this bullshit goes only one way.

11 posted on 08/01/2025 3:24:19 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: DallasBiff

Well, my darn HB pencil and Sharpie make black strokes as I draw.

I better just make transparant strokes on paper from now on.


12 posted on 08/01/2025 3:28:29 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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So, “people of color” are all fuzzy and appear as a fuzzy ball? With feet?

And insect/alien like antennae.

13 posted on 08/01/2025 3:29:51 PM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: DallasBiff

Full body dreds?


14 posted on 08/01/2025 3:43:11 PM PDT by null and void (We are living through the greatest of all ICE Ages.)
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To: DallasBiff

Political correctness went over the edge years ago.
Now it’s offensive for a black character to be black?
THAT offends me.


15 posted on 08/01/2025 4:01:54 PM PDT by Veto! (Trump Is Superman)
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To: DallasBiff

Another exciting episode of “As the Snowflake Melts.”


16 posted on 08/01/2025 4:04:13 PM PDT by Allegra (Thank you for your attention to this matter. )
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To: DallasBiff

Moomin is a brother?


17 posted on 08/01/2025 4:10:23 PM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: ETCM

Next up they’ll ban the black 8 ball in pool.


18 posted on 08/01/2025 4:21:21 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: DallasBiff

“potentially racist”

Was the complainant white, fat, with a nose ring, with purple hair, with thick black ‘smart girl’ glasses?


19 posted on 08/01/2025 5:11:36 PM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower. )
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To: DallasBiff

Now the usual suspects will attack the exhibition for lack of diversity. Why aren’t there any black moomins?...


20 posted on 08/01/2025 5:53:39 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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