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Six Dr Seuss books cease publication over racist and insensitive portrayals

Written By Unknown on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 | 10:18 AM

  • Author’s estate aims to represent and support ‘all communities’
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Publication of six Dr Seuss books will cease, the company that preserves and protects the author’s legacy said on Tuesday, due to their racist and insensitive portrayal of people of color.

Dr Seuss Enterprises said it would cease publication of 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.

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