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Culture Yes, Dr. Seuss wrote racist books. He still has things to teach us.
Update March 2, 2021: This article has been updated to reflect news that six of Dr. Seuss’ books will no longer be published because they “portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong.” My first introduction to fascism was the tin-pot dictator of Sala-ma-Sond. Yertle the Turtle, the king of a “nice little pond,”…
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Fast Forward Canadian Paper Apologizes After Running Cartoon Seen As Anti-Semitic
(JTA) — A Canadian newspaper that ran a cartoon seen as anti-Semitic has apologized following backlash from the local Jewish community. The Edmonton Journal cartoon nearly two weeks ago by Malcolm Mayes was about a data breach that exposed personal information belonging to millions of Capital One customers featuring a “data hacker” sitting with a…
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Fast Forward Artist Who Drew Anti-Semitic Cartoon No Longer Attending White House Summit
(JTA) — An artist who drew a cartoon that showed U.S. government officials as puppets of George Soros and the Rothschilds will not be attending a social media event at the White House to which he was invited. Ben Garrison on Saturday had tweeted a photo of the invitation on Saturday saying that he was…
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Fast Forward Trump Invites Creator Of Anti-Semitic Cartoon To The White House
(JTA) — An artist who drew a “blatantly anti-Semitic cartoon” which showed U.S. government officials as puppets of George Soros and the Rothschilds, has been invited to the White House by President Donald Trump. The Anti-Defamation League called Ben Garrison’s cartoon published in 2017 “blatantly anti-Semitic” and said that “the thrust of the cartoon is…
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The Schmooze Jim Carrey Skewers Stephen Miller In Most Savage Cartoon Yet
It’s said that the upside of political bedlam is the amount of material comedians have to work with. Some of them aren’t laughing. In a Q&A with The Hollywood Reporter last week, Amy Poehler’s responses focused on whale deaths and devastation in Puerto Rico. Prompted to reflect on her “most memorable heckler,” she wrote, “Who…
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Opinion Trigger Warning: A High School Censors A Speech About Censorship
Wallkill Senior High School just censored my lecture about censorship. Several months ago, the school in an upstate New York community known for its prisons and apple orchards invited me to participate in its annual “Author’s Day” event on April 4 and 5. Published writers gab to administrators, librarians and educators over a buffet dinner…
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