With some clarification, it is important to note that the Seuss organization has chosen to cease the printing of only six titles written by the legendary author, titles they feel no longer represent Dr. Seuss and how he'd want to be portrayed. Rest assured, those books will eventually be erased from bookshelves all over the country, but for now, they're still out there, as well as all the other Seuss books we know and love.
So in truth, Seuss has not been fully "cancelled," as it were. But here's the problem: You've heard me say it many times before. Nothing is ever enough with the Left. This will not stop. First it was just racist statues. Now it's Dr. Seuss and Mr. Potato Head. Could you ever have imagined? Who among you could have fathomed even five years ago that ANY Seuss books would be censored? Or that we'd be concerned with the gender of a make-believe, plastic potato. And yet, here we are. You think it will stop there? What will it be next? It will never be enough. There will be more and more books, toys, music, programming, history, and freedom of speech banned and canceled and censored if the Left is allowed to continue their insanity.
It. Will. Not. Stop.
What we know, according to the Seuss people themselves, is that the decision was made after the organization said they "listened and took feedback from our audiences including teachers, academics and specialists in the field as part of our review process. We then worked with a panel of experts, including educators, to review our catalog of titles." Nowhere in their statement does it say they consulted parents and kids. No, it was only "experts" and "educators."
You know what that means? Kids and parents have been reading Dr. Seuss for decades and say, "Look! It's a cat in a hat being silly. And zebras! And green scrambled eggs!" But they showed it to a bunch of mindless leftists and said, "Find the racism!" It really is absurd.
What we know, according to the Seuss people themselves, is that the decision was made after the organization said they "listened and took feedback from our audiences including teachers, academics and specialists in the field as part of our review process. We then worked with a panel of experts, including educators, to review our catalog of titles." Nowhere in their statement does it say they consulted parents and kids. No, it was only "experts" and "educators."
You know what that means? Kids and parents have been reading Dr. Seuss for decades and say, "Look! It's a cat in a hat being silly. And zebras! And green scrambled eggs!" But they showed it to a bunch of mindless leftists and said, "Find the racism!" It really is absurd.
I mean, including ourselves, virtually every one of us, along with our entire circle of family and friends, have been reading Dr. Seuss since we were infants. Have any of you, even a single time, ever thought to yourself, or had a friend or family member say to you, "You know, there's some crazy racist stuff in those Seuss books."?
Of course not. But some Liberals got hold of it all, and set out prowling around for what they could find, and by golly, they found it. And now, they're going to save our children by banning it.
No, kids. It will not stop. Paint this however you want it. It's ONLY 6 books. And then it will be 6 more, and 6 more, and 6 more...
A writer I read yesterday said to go out now and buy all the physical media you can... books, CD's, toys, etc. Because it will eventually become slim pickin's. Once they're cancelled and out of print, they'll be erased from the internet, and our children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren will never have access to it. It'll be gone forever.
Fortunately, I physically have the Mulberry Street book in my possession. And I will continue to read it to my grandkids, as I read it to my children, for however many generations I make it through. The Mrs. and I read it aloud together this morning. There is mention on a single page of a Chinese boy who eats with sticks. And even though Chinese boys to this very day (along with lots of white Americans) eat with sticks on a regular basis, that is literally the only thing in the entire book I can even remotely fathom that could be targeted, unless the Cancel Culture leftists have a problem with blue elephants. An entire book, censored and erased from history, because Chinese people like to use chopstick when they eat. Makes me wonder if China is, at this very moment, banning Chinese children's books that mention Americans using forks?
Would be laughable if it weren't so sad -- and ludicrous.
A couple days ago was "Read Across America" day. It is a day each year usually proclaimed by the President himself. Former presidents, including Obama and Trump, have mentioned Dr. Seuss by name while making the proclamation, noting how important he has been to the children in our culture. But not this year. President Biden made no mention of Seuss... and this was a day or two BEFORE the Seuss people made their announcement.
"But it's just 6 books...."
Not for long.
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