I’ll be watching this.
https://twitter.com/ConceptualJames/status/1366906159555375105
TL;DR
Dr. Seuss was drawing since the 1920s. Some of his earliest work contains (1) some race stereotypes and (2) art that would by today’s standards be perceived as racist caricature.
BUT
The real story is that Dr. Seuss morally improved himself about this over his life.
Dr. Seuss was drawing since the 1920s. Some of his earliest work contains (1) some race stereotypes and (2) art that would by today’s standards be perceived as racist caricature.
BUT
The real story is that Dr. Seuss morally improved himself about this over his life.
Almost NO ONE in 1920 was not a racist to some degree. The fact that people learned to get over it is the story of the 20th century. Is everyone over it? No, obviously not.
But we mostly are, to the extent we’re HYPERSENSITIVE to the slightest HINT of maybe sort of racism.
But we mostly are, to the extent we’re HYPERSENSITIVE to the slightest HINT of maybe sort of racism.
We’re so non-racist we are literally in the middle of a MORAL PANIC OVERCORRECTION ERROR — and a man who overcame racism in his own life, something which we OUGHT to celebrate, is being cancelled because he wasn’t 100% pure his whole life.
Which is impossible and retarded.
Which is impossible and retarded.
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