Quote:Horton hears a hypocrite.

The Massachusetts elementary school librarian who rejected Dr. Seuss books donated by First Lady Melania Trump because the publication’s artwork contained “racist mockery,” was previously photographed dressed as the Cat in the Hat and holding a “Green Eggs and Ham” themed breakfast.

Liz Phipps Soeiro was busted Friday by Twitter users after she snubbed the First Lady’s donation to the Cambridgeport Elementary School. Soeiro wrote in a letter to Trump that the school could not accept the books, which included: “The Cat in the Hat,” “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” and “Green Eggs and Ham.”

Yet Soeiro was seen in a March 2015 photo from the school's Twitter account holding a Cat in the Hat doll in one hand, a Green Eggs and Ham book in the other and Dr. Seuss-style stockings and hat -- and smiling while doing so.

(09-29-2017 12:16 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  Fake news. At least tell the whole truth if you're going to post something.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/29/melania-trump-dr-seuss-books-rejected-massachusetts-school-librarian

They weren't rejected for being "racist," they were rejected because the librarian knew their school didn't need the donation, and instead suggested that Melania donate to schools with fewer resources...resources that her hubby's education secretary is more than happy to slash:

"But Liz Phipps Soeiro, an award-winning school librarian at Cambridgeport elementary school in Massachusetts, turned down the offer, saying that her school has no need for the books. In a letter posted on the Horn Book site, she suggested that Trump should send the books to schools with fewer resources.

“Why not go out of your way to gift books to underfunded and underprivileged communities that continue to be marginalised and maligned by policies put in place by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos?” Phipps Soeiro asked. “Why not reflect on those ‘high standards of excellence’ beyond only what the numbers suggest? Secretary DeVos would do well to scaffold and lift schools instead of punishing them with closures and slashed budgets.”


Soeiro does mention toward the very bottom of the letter that Dr. Seuss books have been noted for having racial stereotypes, but that's not new information, and is more of an aside in the letter. Her main focus is the fact that her school is well-off, therefore she believes schools with fewer resources would be better served by them.

The actual letter, if you care to read it: http://www.hbook.com/2017/09/blogs/family-reading/dear-mrs-trump/

Quote:Another fact that many people are unaware of is that Dr. Seuss’s illustrations are steeped in racist propaganda, caricatures, and harmful stereotypes. Open one of his books (If I Ran a Zoo or And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, for example), and you’ll see the racist mockery in his art. Grace Hwang Lynch’s School Library Journal article, “Is the Cat in the Hat Racist? Read Across America Shifts Away from Dr. Seuss and Toward Diverse Books,” reports on Katie Ishizuka’s work analyzing the minstrel characteristics and trope nature of Seuss’s characters. Scholar Philip Nel’s new book, Was the Cat in the Hat Black? The Hidden Racism of Children’s Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books, further explores and shines a spotlight on the systemic racism and oppression in education and literature.

(09-29-2017 12:29 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  you might want to read up on the whole letter before you start commenting...

Quote:Another fact that many people are unaware of is that Dr. Seuss’s illustrations are steeped in racist propaganda, caricatures, and harmful stereotypes. Open one of his books (If I Ran a Zoo or And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, for example), and you’ll see the racist mockery in his art. Grace Hwang Lynch’s School Library Journal article, “Is the Cat in the Hat Racist? Read Across America Shifts Away from Dr. Seuss and Toward Diverse Books,” reports on Katie Ishizuka’s work analyzing the minstrel characteristics and trope nature of Seuss’s characters. Scholar Philip Nel’s new book, Was the Cat in the Hat Black? The Hidden Racism of Children’s Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books, further explores and shines a spotlight on the systemic racism and oppression in education and literature.

From the link YOU provided

(09-29-2017 12:31 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 12:29 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 12:16 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  Fake news. At least tell the whole truth if you're going to post something.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/29/melania-trump-dr-seuss-books-rejected-massachusetts-school-librarian

They weren't rejected for being "racist," they were rejected because the librarian knew their school didn't need the donation, and instead suggested that Melania donate to schools with fewer resources...resources that her hubby's education secretary is more than happy to slash:

"But Liz Phipps Soeiro, an award-winning school librarian at Cambridgeport elementary school in Massachusetts, turned down the offer, saying that her school has no need for the books. In a letter posted on the Horn Book site, she suggested that Trump should send the books to schools with fewer resources.

“Why not go out of your way to gift books to underfunded and underprivileged communities that continue to be marginalised and maligned by policies put in place by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos?” Phipps Soeiro asked. “Why not reflect on those ‘high standards of excellence’ beyond only what the numbers suggest? Secretary DeVos would do well to scaffold and lift schools instead of punishing them with closures and slashed budgets.”


Soeiro does mention toward the very bottom of the letter that Dr. Seuss books have been noted for having racial stereotypes, but that's not new information, and is more of an aside in the letter. Her main focus is the fact that her school is well-off, therefore she believes schools with fewer resources would be better served by them.

The actual letter, if you care to read it: http://www.hbook.com/2017/09/blogs/family-reading/dear-mrs-trump/

you might want to read up on the whole letter before you start commenting...

Quote:Another fact that many people are unaware of is that Dr. Seuss’s illustrations are steeped in racist propaganda, caricatures, and harmful stereotypes. Open one of his books (If I Ran a Zoo or And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, for example), and you’ll see the racist mockery in his art. Grace Hwang Lynch’s School Library Journal article, “Is the Cat in the Hat Racist? Read Across America Shifts Away from Dr. Seuss and Toward Diverse Books,” reports on Katie Ishizuka’s work analyzing the minstrel characteristics and trope nature of Seuss’s characters. Scholar Philip Nel’s new book, Was the Cat in the Hat Black? The Hidden Racism of Children’s Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books, further explores and shines a spotlight on the systemic racism and oppression in education and literature.

From the link YOU provided

...and you might want to read my entire post before responding:

"Soeiro does mention toward the very bottom of the letter that Dr. Seuss books have been noted for having racial stereotypes, but that's not new information, and is more of an aside in the letter. Her main focus is the fact that her school is well-off, therefore she believes schools with fewer resources would be better served by them."

(09-29-2017 12:32 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  so the librarian is a racist and hypocrite POS then...

(09-29-2017 12:39 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 12:32 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  so the librarian is a racist and hypocrite POS then...

Just because she mentions that in her letter doesn't mean that she'll ban Dr. Seuss books from her school, nor does it mean that she'll go against her district's curriculum, which most likely does a Dr. Seuss day on the date of his birthday. Assume much?

Just about every school & district across the country does this now, as a part of "Read Across America," so I would assume this is where the picture came from. Nice try, and very mature name-calling, though.

(09-29-2017 12:41 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 12:39 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 12:32 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  so the librarian is a racist and hypocrite POS then...

Just because she mentions that in her letter doesn't mean that she'll ban Dr. Seuss books from her school, nor does it mean that she'll go against her district's curriculum, which most likely does a Dr. Seuss day on the date of his birthday. Assume much?

Just about every school & district across the country does this now, as a part of "Read Across America," so I would assume this is where the picture came from. Nice try, and very mature name-calling, though.

calling me out for assuming while you are assuming...

(09-29-2017 12:50 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 12:41 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 12:39 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 12:32 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  so the librarian is a racist and hypocrite POS then...

Just because she mentions that in her letter doesn't mean that she'll ban Dr. Seuss books from her school, nor does it mean that she'll go against her district's curriculum, which most likely does a Dr. Seuss day on the date of his birthday. Assume much?

Just about every school & district across the country does this now, as a part of "Read Across America," so I would assume this is where the picture came from. Nice try, and very mature name-calling, though.

calling me out for assuming while you are assuming...

Okay, I won't assume, then.

From the Fox News link that someone else posted earlier in the thread...the associated picture is indeed from Dr. Seuss's birthday event at the school.

@Cport_Special
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! K and 1 celebrated with a green egg breakfast! @Cport_School @cambridge_cpsd

(09-29-2017 12:51 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 12:50 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 12:41 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 12:39 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 12:32 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  so the librarian is a racist and hypocrite POS then...

Just because she mentions that in her letter doesn't mean that she'll ban Dr. Seuss books from her school, nor does it mean that she'll go against her district's curriculum, which most likely does a Dr. Seuss day on the date of his birthday. Assume much?

Just about every school & district across the country does this now, as a part of "Read Across America," so I would assume this is where the picture came from. Nice try, and very mature name-calling, though.

calling me out for assuming while you are assuming...

Okay, I won't assume, then.

From the Fox News link that someone else posted earlier in the thread...the associated picture is indeed from Dr. Seuss's birthday event at the school.

@Cport_Special
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! K and 1 celebrated with a green egg breakfast! @Cport_School @cambridge_cpsd

So now it's OK to celebrate racists as long as it's their birthday?

You leftists need to make up your rabbit-assed minds.

(09-29-2017 01:00 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  I'll just leave this here...

(09-29-2017 12:56 PM)VA49er Wrote:  The ONLY reason the books were rejected is because they were donated by a Trump. Sad to see an educator stoop to that level but I guess TDS reaches everywhere.