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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like I need to get rid of all Dr. Seuss (cat in the hat is a charicature of a black person but hard to ban the most famous book) and at least the original curious George books because that was essentially depicting slavery, but what do I say to my kids?  I should never have let them have in the first place- most were gifts, not something I bought, but they like them.  What are others telling their kids?[/quote]

Some of the older curious George books were really questionable. We tossed them because they struck us as “off” and presenting very little value. The PBS show was better.

You talk about this stuff with your kids when they are old enough to understand how to analyze text within a broader societal context. It varies.  Our older kid is definitely aware enough of the history of the world to understand that certain images and texts are dated and propagate some of the more hurtful ideas of their time.  They have valid parts still and parts that are not so valid, like any other book. Our house is full of controversial books. As it should be. I don’t cry about things going out of print though.  There a millions more to study if that’s what you want to do, and it’s not like the books are being burnt. You can find almost anything at the LoC.[/quote]

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