Dr. Seuss’ image of a “Chinaman” to be removed from Dr. Seuss museum [video]

Dr. Seuss’ image of a “Chinaman” to be removed from Dr. Seuss museum [video]

The erasure of history continues.

Last week, Dr. Seuss’ hidden racist self was brought to light by a Crusader Librarian when she refused Melania Trump’s gift of to her school library. Liz Phipps Soeiro wrote a snarky letter to Mrs. Trump explaining how racist Dr. Seuss was, but forgot to mention that she has a Cat in the Hat costume in her closet. (So does that make her a closet racist? Come out of the closet Ms. Soeiro!).

Now, responding to more criticism, the Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum in his hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts has agreed to remove a mural that depicts a “jarring racial stereotype” of a Chinese character from the book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. Theodor Seuss Geisel included an illustration of a Chinese man “with chopsticks, a pointed hat and slanted slit eyes.”

Three children’s authors declined the invitation to the museum’s inaugural Children’s Literature Festival, which was set for Oct. 14 before being canceled. After the museum offered to take down the mural, the authors said they would attend, but the museum has not said if the festival is back on.

the offending “Chinaman” image

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