Posted on 03/02/2021 4:34:22 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
BOSTON - Six Dr. Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” — will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that preserves and protects the author’s legacy said Tuesday.
“These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” Dr. Seuss Enterprises told The Associated Press in a statement that coincided with the late author and illustrator’s birthday.
“Ceasing sales of these books is only part of our commitment and our broader plan to ensure Dr. Seuss Enterprises’ catalog represents and supports all communities and families,” it said.
The other books affected are “McElligot’s Pool,” “On Beyond Zebra!,” “Scrambled Eggs Super!,” and “The Cat’s Quizzer.”
The decision to cease publication and sales of the books was made last year after months of discussion, the company told AP.
“Dr. Seuss Enterprises listened and took feedback from our audiences including teachers, academics and specialists in the field as part of our review process. We then worked with a panel of experts, including educators, to review our catalog of titles,” it said.
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I think the critics may have a problem...
Geisel would have been the first to support this.
One book, two books, banned book, burned book.
He's German. How is this any more sensible than interning Germans?
Looking for experts amongst educators is not very broadminded.
They’ll be coming for Peanuts soon too. Charles Schultz had a character in there named Franklin. I don’t remember much about Franklin, but I am sure the idiots on the left will find something to condemn there.
I take that cartoon as being critical of US Aid to Russia.
I take it as being critical of fighting Bolshevism.
No wonder you couldn't get past Seuss.
It was a subtle dig on the poster saying “he never liked Dr. Seuss as a kid”, then proceeding to commit a grammatical error in using “their weird” instead of “they’re weird”, which says perhaps he *should* have read more Dr. Seuss as a kid.
Because they have been conditioned to think this way, whenever Leftists/Communists/Democrats hear the word “monkey” used in the same sentence with “Africa” or “black” or the name of any “black” person they think it’s racist when drawing any correlation between those words is itself the height of racist thinking.
My mother was an elementary school teacher and had a collection of those books, which I inherited. She said plenty of kids learned to read from those books just fine - the modern "readers" didn't do the job.
Maybe I should put them in a bank vault, along with my vintage Dr. Suess books that I had as a child - before the Kommissars come after them for being racist and sexist (no trans characters).
The book burners will come for Kipling eventually.
Long night leading to a rough morning. I see irony their. LOL
As a child I never looked at Dr. S as educational, which most probably was the desired outcome. A direct effect for me was introduction to poetry ....some day my kids will find my stash and I’ll be famous. hopefully no one will point out the bad spelling. LOL
...also...“he never liked Dr. Seuss as a kid”... that’s just not normal!
Totally inexcusable, dishonabru, even...
:P
But yeah, perhaps we should have enlisted them all and sent them to Europe instead.
Trump Derangement Syndrome
They should ban THE LORAX. Too ‘woke’ for me. All about mankind destroying the environment.
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