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mopinko

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2. this is great news.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Tue Mar 2, 2021, 11:04 AM

Mar 2021

i remember reading some of these books to my kids and squirming.
this is a HOT topic w little free library stewards.

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6 Dr. Seuss books to stop being published over racist, insensitive imagery [View all] Baitball Blogger Mar 2021 OP

Right-wingers are going to scream "Cancel Culture!". Aristus Mar 2021 #1

From what I gather from the article, it's the illustrations that are offensive. Baitball Blogger Mar 2021 #3

Hopefully so! SheltieLover Mar 2021 #5

this is great news. mopinko Mar 2021 #2

Was it the words, or the illustrations? Baitball Blogger Mar 2021 #4

The illustrations. GoCubsGo Mar 2021 #7

the illustrations. mopinko Mar 2021 #8

Asians. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #10

Yes! obamanut2012 Mar 2021 #30

The righties are going apeshit over this. GoCubsGo Mar 2021 #6

The vast majority of us 50 or older, at least when I lived in the States DFW Mar 2021 #19

I'm Beyond 60 RobinA Mar 2021 #23

We got several, including that one, for our German granddaughters DFW Mar 2021 #25

I'm 60. I never heard of it. GoCubsGo Mar 2021 #26

What did you read? DFW Mar 2021 #27

The same things everone else was reading back then. GoCubsGo Mar 2021 #29

Can't they revise the illustrations? madaboutharry Mar 2021 #9

What is the issue that you have? WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #11

Better get used to it BannonsLiver Mar 2021 #14

The people who own the copyright (Dr Seuss Enterprises) tishaLA Mar 2021 #21

No, No, No, No, No RobinA Mar 2021 #24

His World War II propaganda... Mike 03 Mar 2021 #12

During WWII it was considered patriotic to bash Japanese and to a lesser degree, Germans and Chainfire Mar 2021 #15

Little Black Sambo was Indian, not Black. kskiska Mar 2021 #28

My memory from 65 years back is subject to error, thanks for the correction. Chainfire Mar 2021 #33

Mulberry Street was one of my favorites. tavernier Mar 2021 #13

Our favorite was the Cat in the Hat. Chainfire Mar 2021 #16

I think the one there was about... JHB Mar 2021 #32

This is PC bullshit run amok and the enemy of art Hoochie Coochie Man Mar 2021 #17

Easy there, tiger. Nothing is being banned. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #18

In addition... WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #20

"PC bullshit," really? obamanut2012 Mar 2021 #31

We all loved "On Beyind Zebra" because of its message DFW Mar 2021 #22

I don't see anything wrong or suggestive with the wording. Baitball Blogger Mar 2021 #35

They can stop publishing them, but they should remain available. gulliver Mar 2021 #34

They will likely disappear from libraries quickly -- they are collector's items on eBay. Klaralven Mar 2021 #36

More PC bull Rustyeye77 Mar 2021 #37