six dr. Seuss’s books will no longer be published because “they portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” said the company that preserves the author’s legacy.
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- “and to think I saw it on mulberry street”
- “if I ran the zoo”
- “mcelligot pool”
- “beyond the zebra!”
- “super scrambled eggs!”
- “the cat contest”
in a statement, dr. Seuss Enterprises said he made the decision after consulting with educators and reviewing his catalog.
“ceasing the sale of these books is just one part of our commitment and broader plan to ensure that dr. The Seuss Enterprises catalog represents and supports all communities and families,” he said.
The announcement was made on Tuesday, the famous children’s book author’s birthday.
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seuss, born theodor seuss geisel, is one of the world’s best-known authors, the man behind such beloved classics as “the cat in the hat,” “green eggs and ham” and “how the grinch stole christmas, ” among others. More than 650 million copies of his books have been sold worldwide, the Washington Post reported in 2015.
but dr. Seuss had a long history of publishing racist and anti-Semitic works, dating back to the 1920s, when he was a student at Dartmouth College. there, dr. Seuss once drew black boxers as gorillas and perpetuated Jewish stereotypes by portraying Jewish characters as financially stingy, according to a study published in the journal “Diversity Research in Young Adult Literature.”
That study, published in 2019, examined 50 books by dr. Seuss and found that 43 of the 45 color characters have “characteristics that align with the definition of Orientalism,” or the stereotypical and offensive representation of Asia. the two “African” characters, says the study, have anti-black characteristics.
Two specific examples, according to the study, are found in the books “The Cat Quiz: Are You Smarter Than The Cat In The Hat?” and “if I ran the zoo.”
“in (“the cat contest”), the Japanese character is referred to as ‘a Japanese’, has a bright yellow face, and is standing on what appears to be Mt. fuji,” the authors wrote.
Regarding “if I ran the zoo,” the study points to another example of Orientalism and white supremacy.
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“The three (and only three) Asian characters who don’t wear conical hats carry a white man on their heads in ‘If I Ran the Zoo.’ , but is also holding a gun, illustrating dominance.The text below the Asian characters describes them as “slanted-eyed helpers” from “countries no one can spell,” the study authors wrote.
The studio also argues that since most of the human characters in dr. seuss books are white, his works, inadvertently or not, focus whiteness and thus perpetuate white supremacy.
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But loudoun county public schools (lcps), located in ashburn, said they’re not banning the famous children’s author’s books, they’re just discouraging a connection between “reading day across america” , which was created to excite children with reading and dra. seuss birthday. both fall on March 2 and have often been “historically connected” to each other, the district said in a statement.
“research in recent years has revealed strong racial undertones in many books written/illustrated by dr. seuss,” lcps said in his statement, which links to a 2018 school library magazine article about the national education association focusing its reading efforts across the united states” on diversity, not dr . seuss.”
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