Well, first off, this is a really awful way to explain what racism is to children.
Secondly, this isn’t a conversation parents generally want to be blindsided by at storytime. And then they’re less likely to purchase other Seuss books.
Secondly, this isn’t a conversation parents generally want to be blindsided by at storytime. And then they’re less likely to purchase other Seuss books.
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/1367606367272501249
The entire Seuss brand is built on the idea that the programming is appropriate and safe, and this undermines that image. As such, as a business decision it makes sense to stop producing new copies of the book.
Copies will still exist and it will be exceptionally easy to locate versions of this story. Between anthologies, original copies and libraries there should be no issue for people who intentionally seek out that title, they’re just no longer printing new versions.
The idea that there could be no market reason to make such a decision is just not connected with reality.
But if you want to talk about access to books, we can talk about books that are actually getting banned.
But if you want to talk about access to books, we can talk about books that are actually getting banned.
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