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Showing posts with label Dr. Seuss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dr. Seuss. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
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Wednesday, March 3, 2021
What Got Dr. Seuss Cancelled? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street... gets cancelled. Is that image racist? No, although it is racial. There is a difference. There was a time when Chinese men did have braids and wore costumes like what Dr. Seuss depicted (watch some Bonanza before that gets cancelled).
Asians still eat with sticks (and many non Asians do too when they eat Asian food). The image is at worse, dated. It is too bad this book is now no longer published. While they claim libraries won't purge it, I am pretty sure libraries will purge it. You soon will no longer be able to find the book at all (digitally or physically), unless you already have a copy or you happen to come across it in some garage sale. Even then, you will have to pay $100 for it (as opposed to 50¢).
Similar controversy surrounded Little Black Sambo. While the initial story had nothing to do with Africa or Africans (the story was written about a little boy in south India), it is now virtually banned. Later editions did depict the characters in negative African stereotypes (and the restaurant chain Sambo's, which was actually a combination of its founder's names, did use images from the books as decorations in their locations).
Talking about Little Black Sambo, I did very much enjoy the play Spinning Into Butter which addressed hyper political correctness and racism (the movie wasn't as good).
Theodor Geissel did do racist stuff. Go look at his propaganda illustrations during WWII. While I understand some will wring their hands about insulting the Japanese (and I appreciate that most Japanese-Americans at the time were loyal to the USA, just like most German and Italian immigrants were), we might remember at the time Pearl Harbor had happened and the Japanese Imperial Troops were doing things like war crimes in Nanking and marching Americans on the Bataan Death March.
If you want to see racism, go ask Chinese people today what they think about the Japanese? There is still lot of anger over WWII in China even today (partially because the Chinese Communists see that channeling anger about the Japanese as a way of diverting attention and anger from their own atrocities to their own people). So when it comes to racism, YMMV.
TOM: R-A-A-A-A-A-CISM!
Mark Steyn: Horton Hears A Hate Crime
The Truth Fairy: Book Banning in the Age of Amazon
357 Magnum: The Cat In The Hat Induces Insanity In The Left
Instapundit: Book Banning in the Age of Amazon, Late Night Jokes Cancelling Muppets and Dr. Seuss, and Cancel Culture: Cancelling Dr. Seuss
Without explanation, Amazon took down a popular documentary about Justice Clarence Thomas during Black History Month, writes @jasonrileywsj https://t.co/R32Pcnagef via @WSJ
— Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) March 3, 2021
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Friday, September 29, 2017
Was Dr. Seuss really racist? Wasn't he a Democrat, too?
I missed the racism in Dr. Seuss's children books. I guess I wasn't looking hard enough. I still don't see the racism in Dr. Seuss's children books. Is The Cat in the Hat really about a minstrel black man cat? Are the Horton the Elephant stories really about white savior imagery (and he is an elephant, so he must be a Republican)?
You could say Horton was prolife in Horton Hears A Who, but you can't be teaching children that! He'll sue!
But Dr. Seuss, also known as Theodor Seuss Geisel, did do lots of propaganda cartoons during WWII that had plenty of racist stereotypes about the enemy at the time, including lots of negative stuff about Japanese-Americans. While there were certainly some Japanese-Americans who were loyal to the Emperor, for the most part shouldn't have been collectively considered enemies (at least not without due process and evidence), but you have to put it in context.
I am guessing Liz Phipps-Soeiro must have "woke" relatively recently about the evil racist Dr. Seuss messages though, because here she is embracing those "racist" tropes in 2015:
Those WWII examples weren't the points that Liz Phipps-Soeiro raised to Melania Trump, but those WWII cartoons are real examples of racism. Of course, you have to consider them in the context of the times, after a sneak attack by Imperial Japan that killed thousands of Americans and a world war being declared...
But if we are going to explore WWII racism in America, who was behind the internment of Japanese Americans again? Who signed that executive order? Wasn't he a progressive Democrat? Dr. Seuss's WWII era cartoons were typically pro Franklin Delano Roosevelt and critical of Republicans at the time.
Of course Pragmatic Mom's contention that Dr. Seuss should have shared his profits from his later books with victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki seems a bit off.
Maybe Pragmatic Mom could also address racism at Harvard (which is in Cambridge) over Asian-American admissions?
EBL: Liz Phipps-Soeiro, The Chidey Cambridge Librarian Snubs Melania Trump and Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt Interns Japanese Americans
Instapundit: The hypocrisy of Liz, the graciousness of Melania, and the lessons of Dr. Seuss, Washington Examiner: The Culture Wars Come for Dr. Seuss, Libraries aren't what they used to be, FDR appoints KKK member to the Supreme Court, Democrats need to Denounce Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Darkest era for American history?, Did Dr. Seuss coin the world "nerd", Remembering Dr. Seuss, and Racist and Lefty Librarians
AoSHQ: Shrewish Scold of a LibrarianYou could say Horton was prolife in Horton Hears A Who, but you can't be teaching children that! He'll sue!
But Dr. Seuss, also known as Theodor Seuss Geisel, did do lots of propaganda cartoons during WWII that had plenty of racist stereotypes about the enemy at the time, including lots of negative stuff about Japanese-Americans. While there were certainly some Japanese-Americans who were loyal to the Emperor, for the most part shouldn't have been collectively considered enemies (at least not without due process and evidence), but you have to put it in context.
I am guessing Liz Phipps-Soeiro must have "woke" relatively recently about the evil racist Dr. Seuss messages though, because here she is embracing those "racist" tropes in 2015:
Those WWII examples weren't the points that Liz Phipps-Soeiro raised to Melania Trump, but those WWII cartoons are real examples of racism. Of course, you have to consider them in the context of the times, after a sneak attack by Imperial Japan that killed thousands of Americans and a world war being declared...
But if we are going to explore WWII racism in America, who was behind the internment of Japanese Americans again? Who signed that executive order? Wasn't he a progressive Democrat? Dr. Seuss's WWII era cartoons were typically pro Franklin Delano Roosevelt and critical of Republicans at the time.
This story contends this above is a Dr. Seuss cartoon, I concur that is a racist cartoon (which you can't put in the context of anger over Pearl Harbor). It did go up for auction recently, but no one bid on it.
Do some thoughts in your youth taint you for life, and beyond?
Racist Cat in the Hat and Michelle Obama
Dr. Seuss and Dr. Seuss Enterprises profited profoundly off of the sales of this book, it’s Broadway rendition, the Horton Hears a Who! movie (which grossed $297 million dollars) and associated merchandise. None of it went to the Japanese community, including those still impacted by cancer and leukemia from the atomic bomb blasts. Dr. Seuss never directly apologized for his anti-Japanese work and this book doesn’t hold up as a meaningful, indirect one.If you are for Dr. Seuss sharing his money with others (funny how generous progressives are with other people's money), why not with the victims of Imperial Japan? That belies where she is coming from. Pragmatic Mom is part Japanese, Chinese and Korean in background, perhaps she should look back in history in how Japan treated Chinese and Koreans during WWII? Hint: It involved more than hurtful cartoons.
Maybe Pragmatic Mom could also address racism at Harvard (which is in Cambridge) over Asian-American admissions?
I like the part of #LizPhippsSoeiro'a job where she DRESSES UP like the #DrSeuss character Cat in the Hat. #NutJob pic.twitter.com/Ybf7Vp4pVb— .@SerendipityDizl (@SerendipityDizl) September 29, 2017
EBL: Liz Phipps-Soeiro, The Chidey Cambridge Librarian Snubs Melania Trump and Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt Interns Japanese Americans
Instapundit: The hypocrisy of Liz, the graciousness of Melania, and the lessons of Dr. Seuss, Washington Examiner: The Culture Wars Come for Dr. Seuss, Libraries aren't what they used to be, FDR appoints KKK member to the Supreme Court, Democrats need to Denounce Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Darkest era for American history?, Did Dr. Seuss coin the world "nerd", Remembering Dr. Seuss, and Racist and Lefty Librarians
DaTechGuy: While we were talking about football...Being literate is racist! Reading Dr. Seuss is racist. Knowledge is racist. Working is racist. pic.twitter.com/rSa57bzLSg— Texas Bacon 🇺🇸 (@Gwenyth777) September 29, 2017
AoSHQ: NRO slappin's the heck out of each other (more reasons why Donald Trump won...)
It's almost as if some throw around accusations of racism like a wild card to bolster a stupid argument and score cheap political points!?! https://t.co/5J1YSFnm4u— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 29, 2017
Victory Girls: The hypocrisy of Liz the Librarian
Mark Steyn: The Cat In The Racist Hat, also, Slaughter On The Strip
Wombat: Don Surber: Why They Say Dr. Seuss Is A Racist, JustOneMinute: This Is How We Keep Trump, Library Edition
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Liz Phipps-Soeiro, The Chidey Cambridge Librarian Snubs Melania Trump (or why Donald Trump won)
Chidey Librarian Liz Phipps-Soeiro
So Dr. Seuss was a racist? That's what Liz claims:
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. Grace Hwang Lynch’s School Library Journal article, “Is the Cat in the Hat Racist? Read Across America Shifts Away from Dr. Seuss and Toward Diverse Books,” reports on Katie Ishizuka’s work analyzing the minstrel characteristics and trope nature of Seuss’s characters. Scholar Philip Nel’s new book, Was the Cat in the Hat Black? The Hidden Racism of Children’s Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books, further explores and shines a spotlight on the systemic racism and oppression in education and literature.Update: Guess who is a racist enabling liar, (at least by her own standards) Liz Phipps-Soeiro!
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! K and 1 celebrated with a green egg breakfast! @Cport_School @cambridge_cpsd pic.twitter.com/9st5TmSmpi— CPORT | Specialists (@Cport_Special) March 3, 2015
Has Liz ever read about the Star Bellied Sneetches?
Chidey Liz Phipps-Soeiro, back in 2015 when she embraced racist tropes
Donald Trump is strangely blessed with the best enemies, ever.
Melania Trump reading a "Racist" Doctor Seuss book to a child in the hospital
I like the part of #LizPhippsSoeiro'a job where she DRESSES UP like the #DrSeuss character Cat in the Hat. #NutJob pic.twitter.com/Ybf7Vp4pVb— .@SerendipityDizl (@SerendipityDizl) September 29, 2017
Instapundit: The hypocrisy of Liz, the graciousness of Melania, and the lessons of Dr. Seuss, Washington Examiner: The Culture Wars Come for Dr. Seuss, Libraries aren't what they used to be, Did Dr. Seuss coin the world "nerd", Remembering Dr. Seuss, and Racist and Lefty Librarians
Wombat: Louder With Crowder: South Park takes On Christopher Columbus Controversy and Mark Steyn: A Tale Of Two Trumps
Fox News: First Lady Melania Trump responds to Librarian who rejected the Dr. Seuss books
Twitchy: Whoville is so White, guess who is getting mocked! and Dumbest Yet?
Michelle Malkin: Gift of Dr. Seuss books rejected as racist propaganda
Mark Steyn: The Cat In The Racist Hat, also, Slaughter On The Strip
Pirate's Cove: Moonbattery and If all you see is...
Proof Positive: Friday Night Babe Teresa Palmer
Wombat: Louder With Crowder: South Park takes On Christopher Columbus Controversy and Mark Steyn: A Tale Of Two Trumps
Fox News: First Lady Melania Trump responds to Librarian who rejected the Dr. Seuss books
Twitchy: Whoville is so White, guess who is getting mocked! and Dumbest Yet?
Michelle Malkin: Gift of Dr. Seuss books rejected as racist propaganda
Mark Steyn: The Cat In The Racist Hat, also, Slaughter On The Strip
Pirate's Cove: Moonbattery and If all you see is...
Proof Positive: Friday Night Babe Teresa Palmer
Hey Liz Phipps-Soeiro is sort of like this guy...
EBL: Was Dr. Seuss really racist? Wasn't he a Democrat, too?
AoSHQ: NRO slappin's the heck out of each other (more reasons why Donald Trump won...)
It's almost as if some throw around accusations of racism like a wild card to bolster a stupid argument and score cheap political points!?! https://t.co/5J1YSFnm4u— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 29, 2017
Victory Girls: The hypocrisy of Liz the Librarian
Wombat: Don Surber: Why They Say Dr. Seuss Is A Racist, JustOneMinute: This Is How We Keep Trump, Library Edition
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Monday, December 10, 2012
Dr Seuss: The Grinch Song
Actually credit for the song (since it was an add on to the Ted Geisel-Dr. Seuss's book) should go to Christine Keene for writing, Albert Hague and Eugene Poddany for the music, and Thurl Ravenscroft for singing. And of course Chuck Jones for animation, producing and directing.
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| Boris Karloff doing the narration with Chuck Jones looking on |
And I also am a big fan of the Town of Whoville's Welcome Christmas:
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