Got a text from my cousin who is a 2nd grade teacher in a small district in N. Cali. They took ALL the Dr. Seuss books out of the school today. All of them.
Which I find, well it’s incredibly disturbing of course, this cancel culture, book burning, read only gov’t approved books.
But I find it kind of funny, because Theodor Geisel was a liberal Democrat who supported Franklin Roosevelt. What would he think of this?
His stepdaughters from his 2nd and last wife.. I hope they speak out about the ridiculousness of this.
Hmmm, another thought.. I wonder if this is a publicity stunt... these books are going to be worth a fortune.
Petey
Well, she starts off well, in this article but then goes into snowflake mode.
From
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dr-seuss-didnt-have-a-racist-bone-in-his-body-stepdaughter-says
One of Dr. Seuss’ stepdaughters insisted to The New York Post on Tuesday that the world-famous children’s author was no racist — and that she hopes his six controversial kiddie books yanked from publication will be back.
“There wasn’t a racist bone in that man’s body — he was so acutely aware of the world around him and cared so much,’’ Lark Grey Dimond-Cates said of her late now-embattled stepdad, whose real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel.
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“I think in this day and age it’s a wise decision,” she told The Post of the move.
“I think this is a world that right now is in pain, and we’ve all got to be very gentle and thoughtful and kind with each other.
“This is just very difficult, painful times that we live in,” said Dimond-Cates, a California sculptor who added that Geisel came into her life when she was in grade school.
“We’re taking that into account and being thoughtful. We don’t want to upset anybody.’’