Cancel Culture

 So my relatives are posting all these memes about Dr. Seuss and his books.  The Dr. Seuss Enterprises has decided to no longer publish six of his books because of the racist way that some characters are portrayed.  Context says that when Dr. Seuss wrote his books this characterization was accepted.  To me, it is a little like that we do the best we can, and when we know better, we do better.  So obviously the Dr. Seuss Enterprises took a good hard look at the books and decided that we can do better.  We still have all the other beloved books.  I applaud them for taking a stand and following through.  

This is not a liberal or conservative issue.  Although my conservative relatives are definitely falling on the side that Biden and the liberals did this.  It's a people issue.  And we should not be reading books to our  children that show other people in a negative light just because of who they were born to.  If we want to negate the racism in our country we start with small steps and this is one of them.  There are so many children's book in the world, and some really good ones that help build a better vision for all, that we are not going to miss those six that will no longer be published. 

I did notice that Dr. Seuss books are now again taking over all the best seller lists.  People are buying his books in droves. Either because they are great fans of Dr. Seuss or because they are afraid of losing something in the process of change.