Posted on 03/29/2021 11:51:24 AM PDT by EdnaMode
A children's graphic novel from the immensely popular "Captain Underpants" series will no longer be found in library and book store shelves after the publisher deemed it to contain "passive racism."
The book in question is 2010's "The Adventures of Ook and Gluk" by Dav Pilkey, who has apologized for the work saying it "contains harmful racial stereotypes" and is "wrong and harmful to my Asian readers."
The book follows a pair of friends who travel from 500,001 B.C. to 2222, where they meet a martial arts instructor who teaches them kung fu and they learn principles found in Chinese philosophy. However, its publisher Scholastic has decided to remove the book from its websites, stop processing orders for it and is seeking a return on all inventory.
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What a bunch of puddies.
I used to read the books to my kids, I would act out the parts and used different voices.
It actually was the first thing that got them interested in reading.
LBS was a hero for turning that tiger into butter.
Please, do tell.
“Under pants”? Kids book?
Yes, it's entirely innocent.
But some people are going to see pedophilia everywhere they look, I suppose.
Okay - the title is totally suggestive to liberals I guess.
Yes, and the author wrote a story about the main characters in the future, and the white one is gay, married to his partner, and has kids.
The author also wrote in the story about a group called "Grumpy Old People" aka the "G.O.P."
Dav Pilkey is a BIG leftist.
Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
I’m with you on that one.
That’s awesome!
yes he was, running around that tree, made every kid from my generation crave pancakes. I want some now.
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