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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Kids are not naturally outraged or take offense unless of course you are trying to get them to do something they don't want to, they have to be taught to do so. Very young children, the age that Dr Suess and Read Across America Day is targeted to, tend to be very accepting of people who are different.
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It’s not kids’ outrage you have to worry about. It’s the lack of outrage, the acceptance of something offensive, the effect of seeing another race demeaned. The stereotypical image of the Asian man in
Mulberry Street offends. Enough to withdraw the book, an important and good book? It’s complicated. As with the Obamas’ love of Seuss. No one’s arguing that he wasn’t a great author, didn’t almost single-handed transform children’s lit for the better. But as time has gone on, it’s obvious he’s not an unalloyed good, either.