[aisle] Dr. Seuss Controversy

[Andrea Ross]

I'm in a discussion group with Seuss' biographer and here's a snippet of
what he says on the topic. It made me feel a little better.

"Seuss and race are complicated, to be sure. His work can be racially
insensitive, even as I don't believe Seuss himself was racist. But his
white privilege definitely shows--he falls way too easily for stereotypes
and tropes when it comes to drawing people/animals representing the foreign
or exotic. It's on par with work from others at the time, but that doesn't
make it any less jarring."

Andrea Ross
Salt Creek School, Elmhurst

On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 9:53 AM Pres Elect via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Thank You!  You have given me great examples to share with Veronica,
>
> Thank you again!
>
> Mary Jo
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 6:59 AM Kelley Roganowicz <roganok at rps205.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I haven't been asked to remove them. I work in a dual-language building,
>> and his books are extremely popular. I have a display of them on top of my
>> picture book shelves, and my kindergarten and first grade students have
>> been checking them out all week.
>>
>> Kelley Roganowicz
>>
>> Teacher/Librarian
>>
>> roganok at rps205.com
>>
>> Two-Way Language Immersion at Barbour
>>
>> 815-490-4100
>>
>> Cisco: 22005
>>
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>> *Cc:* Pres Elect <preselect at aisled.org>
>> *Subject:* [aisle] Dr. Seuss Controversy
>>
>> The President (Veronica Defazio )of Illinois Library Association is being
>> interviewed about the controversy with Dr Seuss?  With six of his books not
>> being published because of racism. Here is a
>> Warning! This message was sent from outside of RPS205 and we were unable
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>> The President (*Veronica Defazio )*of Illinois Library Association is
>> being interviewed about the controversy with Dr Seuss?  With six of his
>> books not being published because of racism.
>>
>> Here is a news account about the issue
>>
>> https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/books/dr-seuss-mulberry-street.amp.html
>> <https://us-east-2.protection.sophos.com?d=nytimes.com&u=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMy8wMi9ib29rcy9kci1zZXVzcy1tdWxiZXJyeS1zdHJlZXQuYW1wLmh0bWw=&i=NWJmNDJmMTFkNGQ5ZGYxNmQ1YTI0OWQy&t=WENhZ2MxK2ljcVpoaWtQZTViRXlZcVRreFRuM2VTbHlOL3NoeHkvNUE4TT0=&h=6677100c0c7d439692f1447f99754afd>
>>
>> Veronica reached out to me to get info about schools.
>> My question is have you been asked to remove them or anything else.
>> I would like to Veronica information from the school side.
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Mary Jo Matousek
>> President Elect AISLE
>> Preselect at aisled.org
>>
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>> Mary Jo Matousek
>> AISLE President-Elect 2020-2021
>> Preselect at Aisled.org
>> 630-254-7770
>> Member of REAL(Real Active Energetic Librarian) Chapter
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> Mary Jo Matousek
> AISLE President-Elect 2020-2021
> Preselect at Aisled.org
> 630-254-7770
> Member of REAL(Real Active Energetic Librarian) Chapter
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