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On March 4, 2021, Good Morning America televised a segment in which it reported on the United States backlash against the decision to withdraw six Dr Seuss titles from publication.
On March 4, 2021, ABC News (United States) televised a report on the controversy that had developed over the decision to withdraw six Dr Seuss titles from publication.
On March 14, 2020, Solar Sands released a 12-minute segment examining the art of Dr Seuss. It includes political cartoons and advertisements produced early in his career and many private works not made public during his lifetime.
On March 3, 2021, Click On Detroit televised a segment detailing some of the criticisms made against the six Dr Seuss titles withdrawn from publication. It includes comment from Philip Nel, a professor of English at Kansas State University and the author of 'Was The Cat in the Hat Black? The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature and the Need for Diverse Books'
On March 3, 2021, Ben Shapiro presented a 10-minute segment in which he condemned the withdrawal from publication of six Dr Seuss titles as left-inspired 'signaling'.
On March 7, 2021, Sky News televised a segment by host James Morrow in which he condemned the decision to withdraw the six Dr Seuss titles from publication.
On September 30, 2017, The Washington Post televised a segment detailing some of the criticisms that have been levelled against racist images in Dr Seuss's work.
On March 5, 2019, Tucker Carlson televised a segment as part of his talk show in which he defended Dr Seuss books against accusations of racism, and misogyny.
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Should six Dr Seuss's books have been withdrawn from publication?
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On April 8, 2021, Cherwell (Oxford University's independent student newspaper) published a comment by Beth Proctor titled 'Deconstructing Dr Seuss: the issue of diversity in children's literature' in which she defends the removal of six Dr Seuss titles from publication and argues for greater diversity in children's literature.
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On March 18, 2021, The Conversation published a comment by Monica Eileen Patterson, Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art, and Culture (Curatorial Studies) and Associate Professor, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Carleton University, in which she defends the removal of six Dr Seuss titles from ready availability to child readers and argues that they remain available for scholars studying historical racism.
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On March 8, 2021, Reason published a comment by senior editor Robby Soave titled 'Why Dr. Seuss Is Worth Defending' which emphasises the aspects of Seuss's legacy that are worth retaining.
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On March 7, 2021, The Guardian published a background piece titled '"It's a moral decision": Dr Seuss books are being "recalled" not cancelled, expert says' which outlines the views of English professor Philip Nel in support of the books' removal while placing the issue in a broader context.
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On March 6, 2021, The Washington Post published an opinion piece by children's author Meena Harris titled 'Pulling racist Dr. Seuss books makes kids' literature better and more inclusive' in which she defends the removal of six Dr Seuss titles from publication and argues for the benefits for children of diverse reading materials.
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On March 6, 2021, The Advertiser published a comment by David Penberthy titled 'Seuss's political cartooning was overwhelmingly aimed at tackling prejudice' in which he defends the vast body of Seuss's work and condemns the withdrawal of six titles as a concerning overreaction.
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On March 5, 2021, Esquire published an interview with Dr. Philip Nel, a professor of children's literature at Kansas State University and the author of 'Was the Cat in the Hat Black?' Nel supports the decision to remove the six Dr Seuss titles from publication, argues that it is not censorship as the texts are still available and outlines the evolving study of racism within Theodore Geisel's work.
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On March 5, 2021, Karin Klein, an editorial writer for The Los Angeles Times, wrote an opinion piece defending the removal of six Dr Seuss titles from publication, while condemning eBay for removing them from sale. She views eBay's action as censorship.
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On March 5, 2021, The Herald Sun published an opinion piece by Susie O'Brien titled 'Susie O'Brien: Give the good doctor a polish, not the boot' in which she argues that Dr Seuss texts with racist elements should be changed not withdrawn from publication.
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On March 4, 2021, The Sydney Morning Herald published an opinion piece by Kate Cantrell and Sharon Bickle titled 'How racism in Seuss books can teach young readers about history and context' in which the authors contend that rather than being removed from publication racist texts should remain available so they can be discussed with young readers.
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On March 4, 2021, The Sydney Morning Herald published an opinion piece by Duncan Fine titled 'Dr Seuss not cancelled. Old stereotypes are being made redundant' The piece defines the term 'cancel culture' as a pejorative used by supposed conservatives for changes they disapprove of. It supports the decision to remove six Dr Seuss titles from publication.
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On March 3, 2021, The Sydney Morning Herald published a report by Jason Steger titled 'The cancel culture that stole Dr Seuss' which includes views for and against the removal from publication of six Dr Seuss books.
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On March 2, 2021, Reason published a report by senior editor Robby Soave titled 'Dr. Seuss Is Canceled' is which he defends the contribution made by Seuss to the promotion of literacy.
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On March 2, 2021, Education Week published a comment by Sarah Schwartz titled 'The Dr. Seuss Controversy: What Educators Need to Know' in which she defends the decision to remove six Dr Seuss titles from publication and supports the need for more diversity in children's literature.
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On March 2, 2021, The New York Post published an article titled 'Dr. Seuss didn't have 'a racist bone' in his body, stepdaughter says' which concentrated on a defence by one of Geisel's stepdaughters against the suggestion that he was racist.
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On March 2, 2021, Forward published a comment by JP Grisar titled 'Yes, Dr. Seuss wrote racist books. He still has things to teach us.' The opinion piece acknowledges the racism in some of Geisel's work but stresses the overall worth of the values he promoted.
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On March 1, 2021, New Jersey.com posted a comment by Joseph Dwyer titled 'Was Dr. Seuss racist? Should he be a victim of our cancel culture?' in which Dwyer argues responding to Geisel's work requires a more nuanced approach than that adopted by Dr Seuss Enterprises when it decided to withdraw six titles from publication.
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On March 3, 2021, Diabolic published a comment by Erik Kain titled 'Erasing Dr Seuss' in which he argued that disputed texts need to remain available and discussed so that readers may learn from them.
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On January 4, 2021, The Conversation published a comment by Lindsay P�rez Huber, Associate Professor, College of Education , California State University, Long Beach, titled 'Rooting out racism in children's books' in which she explains the importance of removing racist representations in children's books and how more diverse children's literature can be identified.
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In February 2019, St Catherine University published a study by Katie Ishizuka, of The Conscious Kid Library, and Ram�n Stephens, of the University of California, San Diego, titled 'The Cat is Out of the Bag: Orientalism, Anti-Blackness, and White Supremacy in Dr. Seuss's Children's Books s Books'. The study was part of the University's Research of Diversity in Youth Literature and is a detailed examination of Theodore Geisel's work that reveals what it claims to be significant evidence of racist representations.
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