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   From: libtard@sandennistas.orq   
      
   On Wed, 3 Mar 2021 10:09:06 -0800, Rudy Canoza    
   wrote:   
      
   >Because Hartung says there aren't any.   
   >   
   >"And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" depicts an "Asian" wearing a   
   >conical hat and having slits for eyes.  "If I Ran the Zoo" depicts African men   
   >barefoot and shirtless wearing grass skirts.  These are racist stereotypes.   
   >They are caricatures that are how white Americans historically were   
   conditioned   
   >to view people from "exotic" places.   
   >   
   >For Hartung to say these are not racist has only two possible explanations.    
   One   
   >is that he understands full well that they are racist, and he is lying in   
   saying   
   >there are no racist depictions.  The other is that Hartung is so thoroughly a   
   >product of his racist upbringing and surroundings that he sees these racist   
   >depictions as normal, and so is incapable of seeing the racism in them.    
   Being a   
   >racist, he is blind to racism.   
   >   
   >One of the things being said by white apologists for racism in this Dr. Seuss   
   >flap is that most Seuss characters aren't even human.  The problem, of course,   
   >is that 98% of those that are human are white and "normal," and the few that   
   >aren't are mostly racist caricatures.   
   >   
   >    In 2019, a study from the University of California at San Diego and the   
   >    Conscious Kid Library analyzed 50 Dr. Seuss books and found that 98   
   percent   
   >    of the human characters represented were White. The few characters of   
   color   
   >    showed characteristics of Orientalism and anti-Blackness, the researchers   
   >    found.   
   >   
   >    “Males of color are only presented in subservient, exotified, or   
   dehumanized   
   >    roles. This also remains true in their relation to White characters,” the   
   >    study reads. “Most startling is the complete invisibility and absence of   
   >    women and girls of color across Seuss’ entire children’s book collection.”   
   >   
   >    https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/02/dr-seuss   
   racist-imagery/   
   >   
   >   
   >One thing we know for sure:  the books have not been "banned" by any school   
   >district.  Anyone saying that they have been is a liar.   
      
      
   Poor Rudy got his feeling hurt over a kids book.   
      
      
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