Post by willie with tan lines on Sept 29, 2017 5:15:57 GMT -8
‘Dr Seuss is racist propaganda’: First lady’s book donation rejected
A Massachusetts librarian has been criticized for rejecting a donation of children's books by Melania Trump, because she thinks the author, Dr Seuss, is “racist” and a “cliche.”
To coincide with National Read a Book Day, Cambridgeport Elementary School, Massachusetts, was chosen to be the recipient of 10 copies of Dr Seuss books from the first lady.
School librarian, Liz Phipps Soeiro, rejected the donation in an open letter to Trump, however, saying that her school didn’t need the books and that the author was racist.
“You may not be aware of this, but Dr. Seuss is a bit of a cliché, a tired and worn ambassador for children’s literature,” Soeiro wrote. “Another fact that many people are unaware of is that Dr. Seuss’s illustrations are steeped in racist propaganda, caricatures, and harmful stereotypes.”
“Open one of his books (If I Ran a Zoo or And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, for example), and you’ll see the racist mockery in his art,” she added.
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www.rt.com/usa/405027-dr-seuss-racist-propaganda/
A Massachusetts librarian has been criticized for rejecting a donation of children's books by Melania Trump, because she thinks the author, Dr Seuss, is “racist” and a “cliche.”
To coincide with National Read a Book Day, Cambridgeport Elementary School, Massachusetts, was chosen to be the recipient of 10 copies of Dr Seuss books from the first lady.
School librarian, Liz Phipps Soeiro, rejected the donation in an open letter to Trump, however, saying that her school didn’t need the books and that the author was racist.
“You may not be aware of this, but Dr. Seuss is a bit of a cliché, a tired and worn ambassador for children’s literature,” Soeiro wrote. “Another fact that many people are unaware of is that Dr. Seuss’s illustrations are steeped in racist propaganda, caricatures, and harmful stereotypes.”
“Open one of his books (If I Ran a Zoo or And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, for example), and you’ll see the racist mockery in his art,” she added.
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www.rt.com/usa/405027-dr-seuss-racist-propaganda/
