Posted on 02/27/2021 6:18:58 AM PST by MtnClimber
In Virginia, Dr. Seuss is in trouble, not for having once drawn naked ladies, but because his ridiculous characters are – wait for it -- racist.
Theodore Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, might be one of the most-read authors in the English (or, more accurately, the sort-of English) language. Since The Cat In The Hat was published in 1957, generations of American children have sounded out simple words while reading about the eponymous cat and the havoc he wreaked with Thing One and Thing Two on a boring, rainy day. However, the wokerati have now come for him, claiming that his weird, mostly zoomorphic creations are, in fact, racist.
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Loudoun County Schools, one of Virginia’s largest and most affluent school districts, is firing the man who helped generations of children learn how to read because, the district claims, his books have “racial undertones.” This decision comes about thanks to input from Learning for Justice, a national educators group with a decidedly left-wing orientation:
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That’s how I remember him. SO why does the headline say he’s not black.
Look at his face...
But at the same time, remove everything black from our culture. We need to re-enstate insane assilums.
Sending this to my brother, who lives in Loudoun county.
Whoa...whoa...whoa! I see what they mean about racism with Dr. Seuss. Look at the Cat in the Hat - that’s a black cat in white face! Maaaaaannnnn!
The Left should ban all color illustrations and just print coloring books.
So, he’s 4/5ths black? I think most people when asked would describe him as a black cat. Obviously the whole thing is ludicrous.
Obviously. ...leftists ruin everything...just wondering if more people will start waking up. Dr. Zeuss is VERY well known and liked by all sorts of people.
I thought Jack Roush was the “Cat In The Hat”? Any one remember Gapp & Roush?
He is a black cat in whiteface! That’s ethnic appropriation.
We need an award for those Woke who are the most notorious douchebags.
The Doucheys seems like a decent name for it. The statuette could be of a vaguely feminine giant douche holding out Lion King style a baby turd sandwich.
I kinda like The Cat in the Hat.
I had a first edition copy with dust jacket which I sold for over $2,000. Must be white privilege that I got that much.
Everything that isn’t black is racist. Is that what you want? It has been said that those who do not study the past are destined to repeat it.
Yertle the Turtle? The Lorax? Hop on Pop and Fox in Socks? Green eggs and Ham?
Is Peter Rabbit next?
Time to stock up, I guess.
These people are insane.
It seems every day I am given another reason to use explicit profanity.
Oh my gosh, what will be next from these FOOLS...?
He is black in white face.
Maybe it is his red sweater that triggers lefties because the cat is both black and white.
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