How is the Cat in the Hat racist?

[jericho]

Please explain to me, Im lost on the idea of this.

 

Melania Trump fires back at librarian who rejected gift of Dr. Seuss books as ‘racist’ | Fox News

 

Librarian who rejected Melania Trump's Dr. Seuss books dressed as 'Cat in the Hat' | Fox News

[jericho]

She used this as an example. But I saw Michelle Obama read this to classes many times on TV.

 

“Another fact that many people are unaware of is that Dr. Seuss’s illustrations are steeped in racist propaganda, caricatures, and harmful stereotypes,” Soeiro wrote, giving examples of "If I Ran a Zoo" and "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" as clear “racist mockery” in Seuss’ art.

[UKMustangFan]

I love Dr. Seuss books.

[Jumper_Dad]

If "Green Eggs and Ham" are wrong I don't want to be right!

 

I also love me some "The Grinch that Stole Christmas"

[lawildcat]

Another person who is trying to make a simple gesture political. If she didn't like the books, send them to a library that needs them and move on. No need to criticize the First Lady or Dr. Seuss for that matter! Leave your personal feelings about this Administration out of your job, snooty librarian.

[Getslow]

1) This lady might be too woke for her own good and needed to handle the whole thing with a little more common sense.

 

2) She's not wrong that it's preposterous to send books to a rich school in Cambridge rather than needy schools all over the country.

 

3) Here's a decent article that lays out the entire thing.

Librarian rejects Melania Trump's gift of Dr. Seuss books - The Washington Post

 

4) Despite academic writings to the contrary, I love Cat in the Hat along with countless other Seuss books and will hopefully someday be reading them to my children.

[jericho]

Thank God my kid doesn't have to go to that type of school.

[Jackie Ed]

If this happened at my child's school you better believe id be there demanding a meeting with the librarian and principle. Don't invoke your personal hatred (political or personal) for our president into an agenda that hurts the kids. I read all these books, or had them read to me when I was in elementary school, I believe Im a fine upstanding productive citizen. I was given "Oh, The Places You'll Go" as a gift for high school graduation. Total crap on this one.

[Irish Cat]

I'm just going to let this speak for itself. But to steal a line from the Fox News reporter, "Horton hears a hypocrite"

 

Librarian who rejected Melania Trump's Dr. Seuss books dressed as 'Cat in the Hat' | Fox News

 

[Run To State]

People like Soeiro

They drift and stray

They blather and ramble

With nothing to say!

So my contribution

To this Dr. Seuss thread

I've nothing to say

Yet something was said!

[Run To State]

This reminds me, I need to buy some more Dr. Seuss Books for my grandchildren.

[capt278]

You can’t fix stupid. Not even with duct tape.

[OlDog75]

To be honest, when I was in early grade school and Dr. Seuss books were the rage, I never liked them. I remember saying to Mrs. Goley they sounded like gobbledygook to me.

[oldrambler]

Its not racist at all. All one has to do is look at who's saying it / buying that race baiting, crying crap.

[Fear the Nation]

You can’t fix stupid. Not even with duct tape.

 

And duck tape fixes everything.... so wow...lol