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Dr Seuss celebration dropped after books found to have ‘racial undertones’ – NEWS.com.au
Dr Seuss celebration dropped after books found to have ‘racial undertones’
A US school system will shift its focus away from Dr Seuss after a study found the popular childrens books displayed harmful and stereotypical Orientalist tropes.The Loudoun school system, in the US state of Virginia, triggered the debate after it revealed it had called on its institutions to promote a more diverse group of books to kids.
Read Across America Day is held on March 2 each year, the birthday of Dr Seuss.
Theodor Seuss Geisel, whose pen name is Dr Seuss, is responsible for some of the…
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