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Six “hurtful” Dr. Seuss books out of circulation

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A copy of the book “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,” by Dr. Seuss, rests in a chair, Monday, March 1, 2021, in Walpole, Mass. Dr. Seuss Enterprises, the business that preserves and protects the author and illustrator’s legacy, announced on his birthday, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, that it would cease publication of several children’s titles including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo,” because of insensitive and racist imagery. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

(San Diego, CA) — The company in charge of Dr. Seuss’s estate says it will no longer publish six books because they portray people in ways that are “hurtful and wrong.”
A statement from Dr. Seuss Enterprises said it’s taking the step after a panel of experts reviewed all of the child author’s works last year.

Some of the books used stereotypes to portray Asians, Blacks and Jews.
Most of the Seuss’s characters were white and in some cases showed white people dominating other races.
The six books are “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” “If I Ran the Zoo” “McElligot’s Pool” “On Beyond Zebra!” Scrambled Eggs Supper!” and “The Cat’s Quizzer.”