I think I have been good about staying out of Seuss Discourse but I gotta say that it is freaking weird watching people immediately coalesce around the narrative that WHO CARES NO ONE HAS HEARD OF THESE BOOKS rather than exhibit an iota of critical curiosity. Seems cultish.
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in the case of The Cat In The Hat, which no one seems to be wanting to pull anyway, isn't that going down a weird moral contagion road?
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It might not be politically feasible but I think the most honest response, the one that grapples with the actual history, is to say it borrowed from the minstrel tradition but with benign intent & so should still be read by kids.
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Yes, every one of us contains multitudes, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE.
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