frbd1-3, Exercise 3: Presenting the early Tintin albums

Model answer (check the details):

Option 1: keep the books in the open collection with an explanatory note (an introduction or a leaflet) on the historical context and Hergé's own later view.
- Case for: the albums are historical documents, and removing them hides the history of the form; readers can judge with the context in hand.
- Evidence wanted: reader responses to the note, publishers' and librarians' guidance, and the content of the original text.

Option 2: shelve them in a restricted or adult section, or only where a reader asks.
- Case for: the images depict Africans in a degrading way, which may hurt readers, especially children, who meet them unprepared.
- Evidence wanted: complaints and the age and background of readers, plus rulings in courts and by regulators (check).

Either way: say what the decision rests on, and apply the same rule to comparable books. The courts in Belgium and elsewhere have so far left the books on sale (check).

Care: this is a question on which reasonable people differ; the answer shows the reasoning, not a verdict.