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Virginia School System Isn't Cancelling Dr. Seuss For Reading Across American Day; Just Not Emphasizing His Books

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A school district in Virginia isn’t banning Dr. Seuss books for Reading Across America day, as previously reported.

They’re just not emphasizing them after research into to the author’s past political cartoons. “Research in recent years has revealed strong racial undertones in many books written/illustrated by Dr.

Seuss,” Loudoun County Public Schools said in its statement, via CNN. The school district revealed examples of racial undertones in his books, which include “anti-Japanese American political cartoons and cartoons depicting African Americans for sale captioned with offensive language.” “Given this research, and LCPS’ focus on equity and culturally responsive instruction, LCPS provided this guidance to schools during the past

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