Amazon cancelling books and Dr Seuss books being removed and “banned”

As an avid reader and book lover I’d never thought I’d see the day that literature would be removed from print and more or less banned. Ray Bradbury is probably rolling in his grave........”It was a pleasure to burn” 😢

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These books are being removed from print, at the request of the organization that looks after the late author's trust.

[quote]Six Dr. 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 preserves and protects the author’s legacy said Tuesday.

“These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” Dr. Seuss Enterprises told The Associated Press in a statement that coincided with the late author and illustrator’s birthday.

“Ceasing sales of these books is only part of our commitment and our broader plan to ensure Dr. Seuss Enterprises’ catalog represents and supports all communities and families,” it said.[/quote]

They are subsequently being removed from the President's reading list. I suppose you would want Angela Merkel to add Mein Kampf to her German children's reading list?

Perhaps these things were acceptable at one point in our past, but they were never accepted by the ethnicities depicted in that fashion.