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Re: Dr. Seuss Books
« Reply #15 on: March 04, 2021, 12:00:27 pm »
Quote from: nickylanena on March 04, 2021, 12:15:20 am
I haven't yet looked to see which 6 books are considered problematic/being discontinued but I agree that it would probably be easy to see how people might see similarities in his other work.
Exactly! This right here! My post was in reference to some of his supposed earlier drawings that if what I looked up was true, clearly showed black faced characters and the use of the n-word along with people from Africa looking like monkeys with grass skirts and in the book "If I Ran the Zoo" depicts two Africa individuals looking like what I just described.
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Re: Dr. Seuss Books
« Reply #16 on: March 04, 2021, 09:58:55 pm »
Quote from: stevensm4 on March 04, 2021, 12:00:27 pm
Quote from: nickylanena on March 04, 2021, 12:15:20 am
I haven't yet looked to see which 6 books are considered problematic/being discontinued but I agree that it would probably be easy to see how people might see similarities in his other work.
Exactly! This right here! My post was in reference to some of his supposed earlier drawings that if what I looked up was true, clearly showed black faced characters and the use of the n-word along with people from Africa looking like monkeys with grass skirts and in the book "If I Ran the Zoo" depicts two Africa individuals looking like what I just described.


Yes, the drawings in these threads:
https://twitter.com/TheCosby/status/1367085686642343938
https://twitter.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1367246355232563204
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