Was Aslan a white supremacist?
By callyw
@callyw (191)
January 7, 2009 3:02pm CST
I was reading an article in The Times today. Basically Tintin is gay, Dylan and Dougal (The Magic Roundabout) were on drugs, Asterix and Oblex are probably not gay and neither is George (Famous Five) - in fact she is now married. There was also never anything dodgy about Captain Pugwash (the cabin boy was actually called Tom!). I'm not bothered at all by any of this, but I was very upset to find out that Aslan was a white supremacist! The evidence for this shock announcement is that C. S. Lewis was a white supremacist and that the enemies of Aslan lived in the desert, wore turbans, had arranged marriages and had a crescent symbol on their money. They were also refered to as "d*****s" (a word, quite rightly, not allowed on myLot)in "The Last Battle" (always my least favourite of the Narnia books anyway!) OMG! I was shocked, but thinking back I realised that maybe this article is right! I loved the Narnia books when I was a kid and now I don't know what to think. I am so shocked! I always thought that Aslan was a hero, but now I have found out that he was a complete idiot. How do other people feel?
2 responses
@Matthammer (385)
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7 Jan 09
On one hand i chuckle when the papers do these kind of articles, assuming that their purpose is for entertainment. It's basically the evolution of political correctness gone nuts and the new need to find a deeper meaning in something which at the time was written or directed simply for entertainment.
On the other hand i despair at the level to which some people read into it too much.
No longer can our children read a simple story like Noddy, because there are groups of people with nothing better to do than suggest that certain characters are misrepresented minorities, badly portrayed and inappropriately named.
By contrast i have to say i think its amusing that these lifelike characters have been vilified to the point that these days instead of children's characters resembling humans they tend to resemble something from a blue peter show made out of cardboard and sticky-back plastic ;)
@grandpa_lash (5225)
• Australia
8 Jan 09
Well, Obelix might be a bit suss, I mean we all know what steroids do to the male genitals, don't we? lol
Lash
@rosettaresearch (1285)
• United States
7 Jan 09
Okay, this article is confusing White Supremacy and Christianity. Not all Christians believe the white race is supreme. However, many Christians believe in a Holy War against Islam (live in the desert, wear turbans, have a crescent symbol). The books were written to promote Christianity. C.S. Lewis was definitly invoking the Crusades in the Last Battle (and a few other places). It's about religion, not race.
@callyw (191)
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7 Jan 09
Whilst Narnia was written as an allegory for Christianity (and I have no problem with that) that does not rule out the white supremacist aspect. I also know that not all Christians are white supremacists (I'm not!), but according to this article C.S.Lewis was. I always knew Narnia was about religion, but I didn't realise it was about race (looking at other articles on the net it appears that most people realised this a long time ago!)
