These photographs of real life African natives prove that Dr. Seuss's drawings are not racist. Instead, they are examples of diversity.

[Dadoalex]

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Dr. Seuss’s drawing of African natives with mouth rings and grass skirts is not “racist.” On the contrary, it’s an example of the “diversity” that liberals are always saying they are in favor of. And here are some photographs of real life African nat

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill) March 6, 2021 Here’s a drawing by Dr. Seuss, which social justice warriors claim is “racist.” Do I think the drawing is racist? Before…

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Dr. Seuss’s drawing of African natives with mouth rings and grass skirts is not “racist.” On the contrary, it’s an example of the “diversity” that liberals are always saying they are in favor of. And here are some photographs of real life African natives to prove it.

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)

March 6, 2021

Here’s a drawing by Dr. Seuss, which social justice warriors claim is “racist.”

Do I think the drawing is racist?

Before answering that question, I decided to google some photographs of real life African natives.

Here are two that I found. I’m including them here under the policy of fair use:

Sources:



https://www.alamy.com/women-in-grass-skirts-performing-kastom-traditional-culture-dancing-image65466219.html


Now that I have looked at the photographs, my answer to the question is no. I do not think Dr. Suess’s drawing is racist.

I say this, because the mouth rings and grass skirts in Dr. Seuss’s drawing, are based on real life mouth rings and grass skirts in the two photographs.

Liberals are always saying they want “diversity.”

But now liberals are saying that Dr. Seuss’s drawing is “racist” because it included that very same diversity.

If Dr. Suess had only included white people in his drawings, liberals would be criticizing him for his lack of diversity.

This article From Yahoo! criticizes the lack of black hairstyles in modern movies. The author writes:

But the report found some short-comings, noting… more than half of Black leading ladies in popular films from the past decade have hairstyles consistent with “European standards of beauty as opposed to natural Black hairstyles.”

So the people who create books and movies will always be accused or racism, no matter what they do. If they do show black hairstyles, they get accused of racism. If they don’t show black hairstyles, they get accused of racism.

I’m against cancel culture.

However, based on the “logic” of cancel culture, if the Dr. Seuss drawing of mouth rings and grass skirts should be “canceled,” then so should all photographs of mouth rings and grass skirts.

OH PLEASE!!!!

You remind me of those idiot combing the bible to prove GAWOD approves of their racism and abuse of women.

Do you have a single shred of evidence that Suess EVER saw those pictures?

Do you know Seuss himself was embarrassed over the drawings?

I'm willing to be NO and NO for a perfect exacta.

I win and you are just a loser.

I remember seeing similar pictures of African natives with mouth rings and grass skirts before I was a teenager over half a century ago. Therefore it seems quite likely Theodore Seuss Geisel also viewed them.

Geisel also produced political cartoons for adults such as this one. Obviously he supported FDR and the internment of Japanese during WWII. After the war his views of Japanese were far more positive. View attachment 464910
Dr. Seuss 1942 cartoon with the caption 'Waiting for the Signal from Home'

Dr. Seuss - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Suess, Lie all of us, was a product of his time.
He later realized the problems with his earlier works and admitted his embarrassment over them.
It is a shame some would choose to inflame anger ver something no person of conscience can in 2021 condone.
But, for those that consider this imagery "just fine" I invoke evolution
This that cannot adapt to change are doomed.

 

[Dadoalex]

OH PLEASE!!!!

You remind me of those idiot combing the bible to prove GAWOD approves of their racism and abuse of women.

Do you have a single shred of evidence that Suess EVER saw those pictures?

Do you know Seuss himself was embarrassed over the drawings?

I'm willing to be NO and NO for a perfect exacta.

I win and you are just a loser.

It's not a stretch to assume that Seuss would have been aware of said pictures and cultures, especially when considering his educational background.

Now, banning the material he did for propaganda for WW2 against the Japanese is more understandable. Some of his illustrations about the Japanese were rather offensive.

Not just propaganda pieces.
Have you read "If I ran the Zoo" or "I saw it on Mulberry Street?"
Intentional or not, the imagery in those works is clearly racist.

 

[Dadoalex]

Do you have a single shred of evidence that Suess EVER saw those pictures?

I doubt that he saw those exact two pictures.

But he must have seen pictures of African natives in order to draw his picture.

What you mean to say is that he saw other racist imagery and copied that.

 

[Utilitarian]

Not just propaganda pieces.
Have you read "If I ran the Zoo" or "I saw it on Mulberry Street?"
Intentional or not, the imagery in those works is clearly racist.

I'm not familiar with those, but I'll have to look into it.

 

[ClaireH]

This is from my blog:

Dr. Seuss’s drawing of African natives with mouth rings and grass skirts is not “racist.” On the contrary, it’s an example of the “diversity” that liberals are always saying they are in favor of. And here are some photographs of real life African nat

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill) March 6, 2021 Here’s a drawing by Dr. Seuss, which social justice warriors claim is “racist.” Do I think the drawing is racist? Before…

danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com

Dr. Seuss’s drawing of African natives with mouth rings and grass skirts is not “racist.” On the contrary, it’s an example of the “diversity” that liberals are always saying they are in favor of. And here are some photographs of real life African natives to prove it.

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)

March 6, 2021

Here’s a drawing by Dr. Seuss, which social justice warriors claim is “racist.”

Do I think the drawing is racist?

Before answering that question, I decided to google some photographs of real life African natives.

Here are two that I found. I’m including them here under the policy of fair use:

Sources:



https://www.alamy.com/women-in-grass-skirts-performing-kastom-traditional-culture-dancing-image65466219.html


Now that I have looked at the photographs, my answer to the question is no. I do not think Dr. Suess’s drawing is racist.

I say this, because the mouth rings and grass skirts in Dr. Seuss’s drawing, are based on real life mouth rings and grass skirts in the two photographs.

Liberals are always saying they want “diversity.”

But now liberals are saying that Dr. Seuss’s drawing is “racist” because it included that very same diversity.

If Dr. Suess had only included white people in his drawings, liberals would be criticizing him for his lack of diversity.

This article From Yahoo! criticizes the lack of black hairstyles in modern movies. The author writes:

But the report found some short-comings, noting… more than half of Black leading ladies in popular films from the past decade have hairstyles consistent with “European standards of beauty as opposed to natural Black hairstyles.”

So the people who create books and movies will always be accused or racism, no matter what they do. If they do show black hairstyles, they get accused of racism. If they don’t show black hairstyles, they get accused of racism.

I’m against cancel culture.

However, based on the “logic” of cancel culture, if the Dr. Seuss drawing of mouth rings and grass skirts should be “canceled,” then so should all photographs of mouth rings and grass skirts.

Aside from the fact that you’re ignorant, you should talk to his family. They made the decision.

From Dr. Seuss Enterprises website: "Dr. Seuss Enterprises listened and took feedback from our audiences including teachers, academics and specialists in the field as part of our review process. We then worked with a panel of experts, including educators, to review our catalog of titles," it said. 6 Dr. Seuss books will stop being published because of racist and insensitive images

 

[Batcat]

This is from my blog:

Dr. Seuss’s drawing of African natives with mouth rings and grass skirts is not “racist.” On the contrary, it’s an example of the “diversity” that liberals are always saying they are in favor of. And here are some photographs of real life African nat

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill) March 6, 2021 Here’s a drawing by Dr. Seuss, which social justice warriors claim is “racist.” Do I think the drawing is racist? Before…

danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com

Dr. Seuss’s drawing of African natives with mouth rings and grass skirts is not “racist.” On the contrary, it’s an example of the “diversity” that liberals are always saying they are in favor of. And here are some photographs of real life African natives to prove it.

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)

March 6, 2021

Here’s a drawing by Dr. Seuss, which social justice warriors claim is “racist.”

Do I think the drawing is racist?

Before answering that question, I decided to google some photographs of real life African natives.

Here are two that I found. I’m including them here under the policy of fair use:

Sources:



https://www.alamy.com/women-in-grass-skirts-performing-kastom-traditional-culture-dancing-image65466219.html


Now that I have looked at the photographs, my answer to the question is no. I do not think Dr. Suess’s drawing is racist.

I say this, because the mouth rings and grass skirts in Dr. Seuss’s drawing, are based on real life mouth rings and grass skirts in the two photographs.

Liberals are always saying they want “diversity.”

But now liberals are saying that Dr. Seuss’s drawing is “racist” because it included that very same diversity.

If Dr. Suess had only included white people in his drawings, liberals would be criticizing him for his lack of diversity.

This article From Yahoo! criticizes the lack of black hairstyles in modern movies. The author writes:

But the report found some short-comings, noting… more than half of Black leading ladies in popular films from the past decade have hairstyles consistent with “European standards of beauty as opposed to natural Black hairstyles.”

So the people who create books and movies will always be accused or racism, no matter what they do. If they do show black hairstyles, they get accused of racism. If they don’t show black hairstyles, they get accused of racism.

I’m against cancel culture.

However, based on the “logic” of cancel culture, if the Dr. Seuss drawing of mouth rings and grass skirts should be “canceled,” then so should all photographs of mouth rings and grass skirts.

OH PLEASE!!!!

You remind me of those idiot combing the bible to prove GAWOD approves of their racism and abuse of women.

Do you have a single shred of evidence that Suess EVER saw those pictures?

Do you know Seuss himself was embarrassed over the drawings?

I'm willing to be NO and NO for a perfect exacta.

I win and you are just a loser.

I remember seeing similar pictures of African natives with mouth rings and grass skirts before I was a teenager over half a century ago. Therefore it seems quite likely Theodore Seuss Geisel also viewed them.

Geisel also produced political cartoons for adults such as this one. Obviously he supported FDR and the internment of Japanese during WWII. After the war his views of Japanese were far more positive. View attachment 464910
Dr. Seuss 1942 cartoon with the caption 'Waiting for the Signal from Home'

Dr. Seuss - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Suess, Lie all of us, was a product of his time.
He later realized the problems with his earlier works and admitted his embarrassment over them.
It is a shame some would choose to inflame anger ver something no person of conscience can in 2021 condone.
But, for those that consider this imagery "just fine" I invoke evolution
This that cannot adapt to change are doomed.

We can read or view items from the past that today are not acceptable and understand that times have changed. Or we can ban the reading or viewing of such items or alter them to be more acceptable for our times.

I personally favor allowing people the freedom to read or view offensive material and at the most to have an introduction that explains what is offensive by today’s standards.

If we continue down the path of banning items eventually the Bible will be banned as there is a lot of stuff in the Bible many people don’t agree with today.

 

[Dadoalex]

This is from my blog:

Dr. Seuss’s drawing of African natives with mouth rings and grass skirts is not “racist.” On the contrary, it’s an example of the “diversity” that liberals are always saying they are in favor of. And here are some photographs of real life African nat

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill) March 6, 2021 Here’s a drawing by Dr. Seuss, which social justice warriors claim is “racist.” Do I think the drawing is racist? Before…

danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com

Dr. Seuss’s drawing of African natives with mouth rings and grass skirts is not “racist.” On the contrary, it’s an example of the “diversity” that liberals are always saying they are in favor of. And here are some photographs of real life African natives to prove it.

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)

March 6, 2021

Here’s a drawing by Dr. Seuss, which social justice warriors claim is “racist.”

Do I think the drawing is racist?

Before answering that question, I decided to google some photographs of real life African natives.

Here are two that I found. I’m including them here under the policy of fair use:

Sources:



https://www.alamy.com/women-in-grass-skirts-performing-kastom-traditional-culture-dancing-image65466219.html


Now that I have looked at the photographs, my answer to the question is no. I do not think Dr. Suess’s drawing is racist.

I say this, because the mouth rings and grass skirts in Dr. Seuss’s drawing, are based on real life mouth rings and grass skirts in the two photographs.

Liberals are always saying they want “diversity.”

But now liberals are saying that Dr. Seuss’s drawing is “racist” because it included that very same diversity.

If Dr. Suess had only included white people in his drawings, liberals would be criticizing him for his lack of diversity.

This article From Yahoo! criticizes the lack of black hairstyles in modern movies. The author writes:

But the report found some short-comings, noting… more than half of Black leading ladies in popular films from the past decade have hairstyles consistent with “European standards of beauty as opposed to natural Black hairstyles.”

So the people who create books and movies will always be accused or racism, no matter what they do. If they do show black hairstyles, they get accused of racism. If they don’t show black hairstyles, they get accused of racism.

I’m against cancel culture.

However, based on the “logic” of cancel culture, if the Dr. Seuss drawing of mouth rings and grass skirts should be “canceled,” then so should all photographs of mouth rings and grass skirts.

OH PLEASE!!!!

You remind me of those idiot combing the bible to prove GAWOD approves of their racism and abuse of women.

Do you have a single shred of evidence that Suess EVER saw those pictures?

Do you know Seuss himself was embarrassed over the drawings?

I'm willing to be NO and NO for a perfect exacta.

I win and you are just a loser.

I remember seeing similar pictures of African natives with mouth rings and grass skirts before I was a teenager over half a century ago. Therefore it seems quite likely Theodore Seuss Geisel also viewed them.

Geisel also produced political cartoons for adults such as this one. Obviously he supported FDR and the internment of Japanese during WWII. After the war his views of Japanese were far more positive. View attachment 464910
Dr. Seuss 1942 cartoon with the caption 'Waiting for the Signal from Home'

Dr. Seuss - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Suess, Lie all of us, was a product of his time.
He later realized the problems with his earlier works and admitted his embarrassment over them.
It is a shame some would choose to inflame anger ver something no person of conscience can in 2021 condone.
But, for those that consider this imagery "just fine" I invoke evolution
This that cannot adapt to change are doomed.

We can read or view items from the past that today are not acceptable and understand that times have changed. Or we can ban the reading or viewing of such items or alter them to be more acceptable for our times.

I personally favor allowing people the freedom to read or view offensive material and at the most to have an introduction that explains what is offensive by today’s standards.

If we continue down the path of banning items eventually the Bible will be banned as there is a lot of stuff in the Bible many people don’t agree with today.

You are free to view whatever imagery suits you. The government isn't acting here, it is the owners of the property deciding to stop publication. Those exiting publication were not the best or best known of Seuss' works. There will be plenty of Seuss to go around.

This is all just more right wing faux anger.

 

[impuretrash]

How exactly are cartoons of different races supposed to be drawn in order to not offend anyone?