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Author: Racism revealed in Dr. Seuss' work, children's literature
Chicago Tribune ^ | November 27, 2017 | Darcell Rockett

Posted on 11/28/2017 4:53:04 AM PST by ConservativeStatement

Dr. Seuss’ colorful characters and rhyming whimsy have made the late writer’s books a staple in libraries both personal and public.

But Seuss was not without his shortcomings, says Philip Nel, an English professor at Kansas State University. According to Nel, Seuss’ “The Cat in the Hat” is rife with racial caricature and “the influence of blackface minstrelsy lingers.”

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Kansas
KEYWORDS: catinthehat; drseuss; kansas; kansasstate; literature; philipnel; racism; tedgeisel; twitter
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1 posted on 11/28/2017 4:53:05 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
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“Racism” is a cottage industry.


2 posted on 11/28/2017 4:54:59 AM PST by TomServo
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3 posted on 11/28/2017 4:56:28 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
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When you are a racist hammer, everything looks like a racist nail.


4 posted on 11/28/2017 5:00:43 AM PST by rlmorel (Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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That's RACIST!


5 posted on 11/28/2017 5:01:05 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
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To: TomServo

“Racism” is a cottage industry.”

Well said, and true.


6 posted on 11/28/2017 5:02:10 AM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: ConservativeStatement

Dr. Seuss, aka Theodore Geisel, was a dyed in the wool liberal. Now he’s a “racist”.


7 posted on 11/28/2017 5:03:00 AM PST by laconic
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Perfesser Nel should find a country he likes better and move there.


8 posted on 11/28/2017 5:03:37 AM PST by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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The author


9 posted on 11/28/2017 5:04:24 AM PST by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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Somebody better alert the Reverend Jackson.........remember when he read Green Eggs and Ham on SNL?


10 posted on 11/28/2017 5:05:04 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Another target of Twitter management? Dr Suess "advocates". Thanks ConservativeStatement.

11 posted on 11/28/2017 5:05:32 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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Sexism is the new racism. In another year the relations between the sexes will be as bad as the relations between the races..


12 posted on 11/28/2017 5:05:56 AM PST by MustKnowHistory
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1mqg4C0awA


13 posted on 11/28/2017 5:08:18 AM PST by ConservativeStatement ("Silence is violence.")
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If you look hard enough and have a closed enough mind, one can find Racism or Sexism or most every ism known to mankind in most anything..

Reminds me of the old ink blot test..
Dr was showing test and every answer was
Man & woman having sex, man & dog having sex, Man, Woman and dog and pony having sex...etc etc etc
The Dr finally sez, young lady, you certainly are obsessed with sex.
“ME!!!?” she guffawed, “You are the one showing me all these dirty pictures”

Or the old lady who calls the police about their neighbors openly having sex.
The Police said....I can’t seen anything, are you sure?
OF course I am sure, grab that chair, drag it up to the attic, lean out the window and you will see them....

All depends whose OX is being gored.


14 posted on 11/28/2017 5:09:26 AM PST by xrmusn ((6/98)""If the earth were flat, cats would have pushed everything over the edge by now")
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To: ConservativeStatement

The only path liberals understand is destruction. They destroy everything they purport to help. I challenge anyone to document a liberal “improvement”.


15 posted on 11/28/2017 5:09:27 AM PST by cincinnati65
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Picture if you will, a moron hellbent on slurring past generations...


16 posted on 11/28/2017 5:10:15 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Many forget that Geisel wrote his books in the 50s and 60s, and was inculcated with the US culture in the 40s. What the SJWs call “racist” today was the common discourse back then. Perceptions, especially (but not exclusively) on the Left, have shifted significantly since that time. It’s commonly said that JFK would be a “conservative” candidate were he to run today.


17 posted on 11/28/2017 5:11:41 AM PST by Little Pig
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To: ConservativeStatement

This brings up alot of premises I question.

Why is black “minstrelry” so bad? Really. What is the big deal?

I’m not offended by all the geisha girls in whiteface, either.


18 posted on 11/28/2017 5:12:32 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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Somehow I missed the racism.

I'm sure it's because I'm just not tuned in to it.

On the other hand, the racially obsessed see racism everywhere!

19 posted on 11/28/2017 5:13:23 AM PST by Savage Beast (Leftists hate TRUTH! TRUTH is the bete noire that haunts their paranoia!)
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20 posted on 11/28/2017 5:13:32 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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