[aisle] Dr. Seuss Controversy

Thu Mar 4 14:36:33 CST 2021

Thank you Trisha.
-Elisa

On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 1:26 PM Kathleen Kerner via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Dav Pilkey made this video about banning books.
> https://www.youtube.com/embed/eA6_yp2CvlU
>
> On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 12:48 PM John Heideman via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> This is censorship cancelling Dr. Seuss books.If we take out all the
>> books we don't agree with  we will have a very small collection.I don't
>> agree with LGBT, Black Lives Matter , Street Literature and other books but
>> I still order them and don't take them out of my collection. Let the
>> parents and readers decide what books they will read.
>> Mr. Heideman Children's Librarian North Chicago Public Library
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 11:38 AM Buell, Carla via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Nicely written Trisha.
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>>> *From:* AISLE <aisle-bounces at list.railslibraries.info> on behalf of
>>> Honkoski, Trisha via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info>
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 4, 2021 11:36 AM
>>> *To:* AISLE-Share: Association of Illinois School Library Educators
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>>> *Cc:* Honkoski, Trisha <thonkoski at district146.org>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [aisle] Dr. Seuss Controversy
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you, Jennifer.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I think it is also important to note CREW weeding method, endorsed by
>>> the ALA, which explicitly recommends removing “Material that contains
>>> biased, racist, or sexist terminology or views.” This is not a call to
>>> remove all of Seuss, and it not censorship. The CREW method for children’s
>>> books “Weed books that reflect racial and gender bias. Consider moving
>>> classics that may be used by children’s literature classes to the adult
>>> 800s.”
>>>
>>> http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet15
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I understand this is a complex issue.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If you are considering it as a lesson to help them understand why the
>>> books will no longer be in print, fine. But please consider the students
>>> this may harm in such a “lesson”.  To that end, this may be worth your
>>> while.
>>> <https://www.al.com/life/2021/03/alabama-professor-on-dr-seuss-discontinuing-racist-books-isnt-cancel-culture.html>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please also consider - there are so many other books to discuss racism
>>> and have these critical conversations written by BIPoC authors and
>>> illustrators. There is no reason to center Dr. Seuss in teaching this,
>>> especially if we are going to use it to frame conversations as “the way
>>> things were” and to shrug it off.  If you insist on this route, consider allies
>>> of his time, like John Steinbeck.
>>> <https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/11/09/forgotten-documents-reveal-views-on-return-of-japanese-internees-to-monterey-peninsula/>
>>>
>>>
>>> I appreciate Grace Lin’s thoughts here
>>> <https://www.nepm.org/post/dr-seuss-museum-should-honor-fact-he-outgrew-his-racist-past#stream/0>,
>>> for those of us who never noticed or cannot understand because you are not
>>> among those harmed. She shares her appreciation for his work and the amends
>>> he sought.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    - Mrs. Trisha Honkoski
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* AISLE <aisle-bounces at list.railslibraries.info> *On Behalf Of *JENNIFER
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>>> *Subject:* Re: [aisle] Dr. Seuss Controversy
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>>>
>>>
>>> saw this tweet this morning, helpful
>>> https://twitter.com/michaelharriot/status/1367331101446922249?s=21
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>>> *Cc:* Andrea Ross <alross at saltcreek48.org>; Pres Elect <
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>>> *Subject:* Re: [aisle] Dr. Seuss Controversy
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> 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
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>>> Two-Way Language Immersion at Barbour
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>>> 815-490-4100
>>>
>>> Cisco: 22005
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>>> *From:* AISLE <aisle-bounces at list.railslibraries.info> on behalf of
>>> Pres Elect via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info>
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 3, 2021 9:02 PM
>>> *To:* aisle at list.railslibraries.info <aisle at list.railslibraries.info>
>>> *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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>>> sophospsmartbannerend
>>>
>>> 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
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
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