IIRC Dr. Seuss was “canceled” because one of his books (And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street) contained a racist caricature of Asian people. And apparently a few others, according to the article, for similar reasons. But these books weren’t banned per se, the publisher voluntarily opted to stop printing them.
The book in this article (Wacky Wednesday) is being banned from public schools in Tennessee because it contains an illustration of a kid’s naked butt, which does violate a Republican-drafted law for content inappropriate for children.
I always did find it strange for a child’s bottom to be displayed on sun lotion bottles, but I wonder if that got banned as well? Can’t remember the brand, but if I remember correctly it was a child on the beach covered in a towel and a puppy or something was pulling it away from them. It was around for years.
It wasn’t even canceled. His estate pulled the books themselves, 6 of them. If I find something I said earlier in life I don’t agree with (extremely easy because I used to be religious and in a cult, now neither) then have I been canceled by the radical left? (I mean, I am far more left, but not sure I qualify for radical).
Two separate issues with different Seuss books.
IIRC Dr. Seuss was “canceled” because one of his books (And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street) contained a racist caricature of Asian people. And apparently a few others, according to the article, for similar reasons. But these books weren’t banned per se, the publisher voluntarily opted to stop printing them.
The book in this article (Wacky Wednesday) is being banned from public schools in Tennessee because it contains an illustration of a kid’s naked butt, which does violate a Republican-drafted law for content inappropriate for children.
I always did find it strange for a child’s bottom to be displayed on sun lotion bottles, but I wonder if that got banned as well? Can’t remember the brand, but if I remember correctly it was a child on the beach covered in a towel and a puppy or something was pulling it away from them. It was around for years.
The brand was Coppertone. They seem to have changed the girl’s suit to a onepiece that stretches without revealing anything.
Thanks for confirming I wasnt just imaging something
It wasn’t even canceled. His estate pulled the books themselves, 6 of them. If I find something I said earlier in life I don’t agree with (extremely easy because I used to be religious and in a cult, now neither) then have I been canceled by the radical left? (I mean, I am far more left, but not sure I qualify for radical).