In her lengthy open letter to Melania Trump, Cambridge school librarian, Liz Phipps Soeiro, claimed that the illustrations in the books of Dr. Seuss “are steeped in racist propaganda, caricatures, and harmful stereotypes.”
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.
Considering her alleged disdain for Dr. Seuss, one must wonder why, to celebrate the birthday of the prolific author in 2015, Soeiro dressed up as The Cat in The Hat to read Green Eggs and Hamto kindergarteners and first-graders:
[contentcards url=”http://www.dailywire.com/news/21728/librarian-who-slammed-melania-over-racist-dr-seuss-frank-camp” target=”_blank”]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