Breaking up with your favorite racist childhood classic books
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Fifth, because any culture you grow up in seems natural and inevitable, sometimes you simply don’t see. On the morning of March 2, I heard that Dr. Seuss Enterprises was withdrawing these six books, via a text from my friend, professor Sarah Park Dahlen. And I immediately thought: “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,” “If I Ran the Zoo,” and “Scrambled Eggs Super!” will be withdrawn for their racist caricatures. They were.
Published at Sun, 16 May 2021 15:58:29 +0000
Article source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/05/16/breaking-up-with-racist-childrens-books/