Should I weigh in on the 'is Dr. Seuss cancelled?' issue? Those who know me know I may be too close to this one.
Dr. Seuss should not be cancelled but there are racially problematic images in the books (not just in his very racist old cartoons, from before he was a children's book author.)
There are non-problematic features of the books that are made problematic by the fact that the books are so ... hegemonic in the children's section. So many Seuss stories take place in the head of some little lunatic white American boy from 1950.
We see the world askew through his eyes. But the weight of Dr. Seuss makes that view ... normative. Nothing wrong with 'go out there and get 'em, kiddo!' Just ... read something else for variety. Not every reader is some Will to Power-addled white American suburban male loon.
Adorable as I find that type to be, personally.
Before the age of 8 or so.
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