The reality of this time was that racism and stereotypes were common amongst almost all cultures of the world, especially in America, due to the bombing of Pearl Harbour by the Japanese empire in 1941. The books that were banned were written from the 1930s to the 1950s. Though I would, in my opinion, disagree with the study that just because his books mostly have white people, doesn’t mean it promotes white supremacy. The portrayal of Asians with long eyes and yellow skin is objectively a racial stereotype. The other extreme is quick to call out the dissenters for allowing the promotion of racism and offensive stereotypes.ĭo the books present harmful stereotypes? Yes, I think some of them do. The extremists on one side are quick to label people who support this move as promoting censorship and being against freedom of speech. The question as to if this move was good or not has fuelled a raging debate on news channels, Reddit forums, Facebook commentsand even the dinner table. In a larger escalation, sites like eBay have pulled ads selling used copies of the books despite having no legal obligation to do so. Seuss’ books are White, his works - center Whiteness and thus perpetuate White supremacy.” Seuss Foundation stated, “since the majority of human characters in Dr. An example includes a picture in the now-banned The Cat’s Quizzer depicting “a Japanese” with a bright yellow face and standing in front of Japan’s Mount Fuji.Ī 2019 study cited by the Dr. The reason for pulling the books was due to racist imagery. Seuss Foundation owns the copyright for these books, no other publishing company can publish these books, making the existing copies of the books the only ones that will ever exist. Seuss Foundation pulled six of its books from publishing: And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, If I Ran the Zoo, McElligot’s Pool, On Beyond Zebra!, Scrambled Eggs Super! and The Cat’s Quizzer.Īs the Dr.
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