Dr. Seuss mural deemed racist

A controversial mural at the Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum in Massachusetts will be replaced after several children’s authors complained that it promoted racial stereotypes — and that they were boycotting an upcoming festival at the newly opened museum because of it.

The authors — including Mo Willems, the Caldecott-winning writer and illustrator behind the popular Pigeon and Knuffle Bunny books — issued a joint letter Thursday saying they were skipping the upcoming Children’s Literature Festival in Springfield, Mass.

Willems, Lisa Yee (“DC Super Hero Girls” series) and Mike Curato (“Little Elliot” series) said the mural, which illustrates a scene from Theodor Geisel’s “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,” includes a “jarring racial stereotype of a Chinese man, who is depicted with chopsticks, a pointed hat, and slanted slit eyes.” The authors called the caricature “deeply hurtful.”

After the uproar, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, which oversees the author’s estate, said it would replace the mural with another image depicting another of Dr. Seuss’s stories.

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Toroid said:

This video is clearly about racism.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBCUkdd57qc

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nivek said:

So because a couple authors cry a Dr. Seuss mural was racist, it must be and must be removed...Enough with this PC madness...This is not racist, the witch hunt continues...

Are we destined to live in a plain dull world where paintings or any type of artistic expression is outlawed and never displayed in public?...

Dr. Seuss museum to replace mural after complaints that it depicted ‘jarring racial stereotype’

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