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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The problem (as I see it) is some things that are either minor or not rally offensive get made a big deal of when some things that are more of an issue go without anyone saying anything about them. King Solomon's Mine by H. Rider Haggard is a terrible book because of all the racism in it. Yet it was made into a movie. Who's Body by Dorothy L. Sayers I didn't like because of the antisemitism. Sometimes these thing stand out and you cannot help noticing and other times it's so minor you don't notice or it really is nothing and someone is making a deal out of it.
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King Solomon's Mines* and Whose Body are both books aimed at adults, whereas the Seuss books are aimed at children.
Also, there's no shadowy Cabal banning anything. I don't think there was even an uproar on Twitter. The Seuss estate decided, on their own, to withdraw books that weren't big sellers anyway. I'm a little sad. But realistically, I likely never would have read the books again anyway.
*And I disagree with your assessment of King Solomon's Mines. The whole colonial mindset could be called racist, I guess. But for its time, it was fairly progressive.
Out of curiosity, have you read the book?