I read with interest and more than just a small amount of chagrin that fresh off of neutering the Potato Heads, Mister and Missus, the Legion of Decency set its sights on Dr. Seuss. We are now a world in which we discourage parents of small children from introducing their children to the words and wisdom of Dr. Seuss. I understand much better now than I did only one week ago why, when he was heading off of Mars, Rover Perseverance asked the good folks of NASA to book him a one-way trip. Good call, Percy. It is safer up there than here.
Hearing the supposed litany of racist sins contained in Dr. Seuss's writings, and the faux outrage of adults desperate to protect their children from them, I could not help but think of one of my heroes, Denis Leary and his prescient observation, which he first made in 1992, regarding children and racism.
-AK
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