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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If all you look for is racism, all you will find is racism.
I never liked Dr Seuss books when I was a kid. Their weird.
This thread needs pics ...
“...took feedback from our audiences including teachers, academics and specialists in the field as part of our review process.”
The audiences ... the usual leftists. I am sure there weren’t really any non-leftists giving feedback. If they really took the feedback from their “audience”, it would be the children, and only those not corrupted by some leftist adult.
We are in a culture war - these are the modern day book burners.
Fahrenheit 451
Soon all books banned except:
The Communist Manifesto
Mao’s Little Red Book
The (Un)Holy Quran
The Audacity of a Dope
Gay and Trans conversion manuals
Slightly off topic, but focusing on loss of access to intellectual property —
I am not a fan of “the cloud”.
People read books on Kindle — the Cloud.
People stream music — from the Cloud.
People stream movies — from the Cloud.
The Powerful people can make any of that stuff disappear — or they can alter it. And then you have to consume what they want to feed you — because all you have is The Cloud.
I prefer real media, that I can own, and that they can’t monkey with.
The idiocy continues.
I do not like them, Sam I am.
I do not like the things they say,
I do not like them any way.
I doubt it. If you have to do “research” to find it in plain sight, it isn’t there.
https://asamnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Dr.-Seuss-Chinaman-mural.jpg
“racist”
The clothing and utensils are all authentic so they must be “offended” by the slits for eyes but... that’s how eyes are drawn in china too.
‘Critics also have faulted the “Curious George” books for their premise of a white man bringing home a monkey from Africa.’
WTF?!
I once saw a first edition, first printing copy of “And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street” on ABE Books.
It sold for $11,000.
“The Powerful people can make any of that stuff disappear — or they can alter it. And then you have to consume what they want to feed you — because all you have is The Cloud.”
BTTT
As a child, these books (To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street and McElligot’s Pool in particular) are treasured childhood memories. As a five- and six-year-old, I checked and rechecked these books out of the school library dozens of times each. The sense of wonder about what could be, right there on my street or up in the hills above my house was unending. I read these books to my children and to my grandchildren.
I weep for future generations who will not have access to these treasures.
I thought they were weird, too. The little Golden Books is what I remember in the late 40s.
Hollywood will have to ban the Good Doctor’s movies too and soon they will have nothing to film.Banning will lead to the end of Hollyweird .. Good.Democrats never know when to stop digging.
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