saw this story making the rounds. used to work with art people. u have to realize the people running this dr seuss organization probably hate him. thats usually how it is. look at this: the decision to do this was made long ago but they announced it on his birthday, to spite him: 
https://twitter.com/foxnashville/status/1366722851601080325
you, naturally, as a sane person, would think, “oh, this person works at XYZ Artists Foundation, they must love XYZ artist”. thats not how it is. usually its just a job for them and theyre actually the most critical of the artist, you can usually hear the spite in their voice.
to be fair, its split. you get into this scene of people and its one way or the other, they either really love the art or they think its stupid that anyone cares and they view their “customers” with the same disdain, more actually, than the average cashier (cashier life what up)
so you get an interesting situation wherein finally ur talking to some people from Smith Legacy Art Inc and theres one guy who loves Smith but everyone else that works there just sees it as a joke and a stepping stone to their next job that will be something “real”. just saying
btw just one other point to support this in case anyone thinks im making this up - consider HR style language + how its designed to easily deflect blame. u could easily make a statement that doesnt put anything harsh on him or the books but they did the opposite, for this reason
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