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[quote=Anonymous]NP - I was a camp counselor about 20 years ago at a day camp for 4-6 year olds.  Our area had a large Asian population, and we had a lot of young Asian campers.  "It Happened On Mulberry Street" was in a pile of old books we had, and one day I pulled it out to read during story time, having never read it before (but hey, it's Dr. Seuss!).  Turned the page, and boom: drawing of a slant-eyed "Chinese boy" with a pointy hat, long pigtail, wearing stereotypical dress, "carrying sticks."  I was in my early 20s at the time, and I remember thinking "this cannot be the only Asian person these kids get to see represented in our books," fumbled my way through skipping that line and turned the page as quickly as I could.

If the Dr. Seuss foundation has decided not to publish "It Happened on Mulberry Street," I'm 100% fine with that.  It's not censorship.  That's the free market.  If you're that concerned with making sure old stereotypes in literature are preserved, then put together a collection of those stereotypes and try to get them published.  The government will not stop you. [/quote]

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