In Our House, Dr. Seuss Was Contraband

Re:In Our House, Dr. Seuss Was Contraband by rubin55 on Sunday March 07, 2021 @12:46PM (#26377908)

Can somebody point me to an article that clearly explains exactly what content of Dr. Seuss is problematic? All articles I googled, seem to assume the reader knows the subject and simply writes about the banning of these six books. Genuinely curious, I only have good memories of various Dr. Seuss books and know I never associated it with a racist outlook (however casual) as a child.

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Re:In Our House, Dr. Seuss Was Contraband by alisonkisk on Sunday March 07, 2021 @05:20PM (#26380346)

Here are some pics:

https://diazhub.com/australia/read-across-america-day-biden-...

And a 2017 article that goes into extreme depth investigating Seuss's work: https://www.pragmaticmom.com/2017/05/examining-dr-seuss-raci...

(IMO the article is a bit over the top and doesn't try to separate racist work from work that was created in a racist or just "white American" perspective, but wherever your line is drawn, it does include a lot of valid criticism of Seuss's body of work)

This article also points out that you might not notice the more-casual casual racism in Seuss if you're white and unaware of your own casually racist/xenophobic/majoritarian attitudes.

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