Six Dr. Seuss Books Cancelled By Publisher For "Hurtful and Wrong" Imagery
The company that publishes Dr. Seuss’ children’s books said it will stop selling six of his titles because they they “portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong.”
Dr. Seuss Enterprises will no longer publish or license the titles — which include “If I Ran the Zoo,” “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,” “McElligot’s Pool,” “On Beyond Zebra!,” “Scrambled Eggs Super!” and “The Cat’s Quizzer.”
A “panel of educators and other experts” advised Dr. Seuss Enterprises to cancel the publication of these classic children’s books.
Here’s one of the ‘offensive’ images from “If I Ran the Zoo” which is claimed to be a hurtful portrayal of an Arab chieftain riding a camel.
In “Mulberry Street,” the very first Dr. Seuss book, an image of an Asian man holding chopsticks and a bowl of rice is said to be offensive because the book calls him a “Chinaman who eats with sticks.”
Dr. Seuss fans, which is basically everyone, are largely saying one thing - leave Dr. Seuss alone!
There’s enough controversy in the news and everywhere else, do we really need to start arguing about the guy who read The Cat in the Hat?
Speaking of which, here is the all time best Dr. Seuss book.
Every year kids are still discovering this classic.
Thanks Dr. Seuss!
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