He is one of the richest dead celebrities. The author stands just one step below music legend Michel Jackson's empire. Though the recent controversy may affect his fame, in terms of monetary matters, it has failed to mark any loss for the author. Heres a refresher on what actually happened. The story became over-complicated and politicized on social media, where many commenters projected strong personal feelings onto the update. Seuss books including And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street and If I Ran the Zoo will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that. The author, Theodor Seuss Geisel, who was famous for his stories for children, who published more than 60 books died in 1991. Suess Enterprises announced it would stop printing six of the old childrens books in its catalog due to racist imagery within. Loudoun Country school in Virginia also dropped his stories, which he has been the face of for more than 20 years as they found the stories have strong racial undertones. Critics found this as strict racism and voiced against it.īecause of this controversy, a school district in the US has dropped six books by finding it harmful and stereotypical Orientalist. In If I Ran The Zoo (first published in 1950), an African man has been described as wearing a grass skirt, knot and barefoot. The enterprise reviewed the entire catalogue with the note of academics and teachers before cancelling the publication.įor example, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, depicting a Chinese man who is holding a bowl and chopsticks has only two lines in the space of eyes there are only two straight lines. They also said that the books are not banned, but they have decided not to publish any more. The affected titles include: And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street, If I Ran the Zoo, McElligot’s Pool, On Beyond Zebra, Scrambled Eggs Super, and The Cat’s Quizzer. Though the Enterprise said that they are not supporting any racism and encouraging every community reader to cultivate imagination.
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