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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Mom! Why doesn’t that man with the slanty eyes eat with sticks and wear a pointy hat?” “Is he one of those helpers from a country with a name I can’t pronounce?”  Omg 😱 Yikes. [/quote]

This is why i would have made the decision not to publish it anymore, if it were my decision.  This is what kids do with stereotypes. Wise decision. Also, imagine being a Kindergarten teacher and reading these books to a class with kids from mixed backgrounds. Ugh.  [/quote]

The Asians of this country are kicking the white man's butt in college and work. Not sure what you mean by helpers. More like, wow, that's really cool. I want to be like the Chinese. Can we eat with chopsticks? That's how it would go down in our house.[/quote]

Translation: Me any my family are not offended, therefore, nobody should be offended.[/quote]

No, if we are looking at current society, in what area of America are Asians seen as merely "helpers"? Jews and Asians are doing just fine in America to the point where people are being racist against them to help bring up the black  and Hispanic population. Also, there is nothing in this image that depicts them as helpers.[/quote]

You just keep proving my point, dude. You are not offended, and you don't think anyone else should be offended. You have nothing to add to the conversation.[/quote]
DP.  It's only offensive if someone says so.  Fine let them say so.  Is mere offense  really harm?[/quote]

DP. No, it's not harm. And it's no harm to stop publishing the book either. [/quote]
Why not?[/quote]To clarify.  Why is not harmful?  People say it is, even if you don't and use this as a reason.

Then people say "I wish they kept the book in print," and you assume that those people have no valid reason to even say that?  Do you really think people want things for no good reason?[/quote]

If some people say the book causes harm and some people say stopping to publish the book causes harm and neither has any concrete evidence, then it's all just a matter of opinion.[/quote]

And yet, only the owner of the copyright has a right to decide what to do. And they did. You lost.[/quote]
So it's all about power, not racism after all?[/quote]

It all boils down to rights. The publisher has the right to decide according to our Constitution.[/quote]
Yes that's true.  And we have the right to criticize that decision.  I say that they were wrong because the standard of racism that they used is wrong.  If everybody on this page just accepted that and said "you are entitled to your opinion" we'd have no argument.  But they keep trying to prove me wrong, and they can't.  They don't know why they can't so they make stuff up and call me names.  Racist, idiot, psychopath, nihilist, Jordan Peterson fan etc.  What is going on here?  What exactly is wrong with my opinion other than only a so-so could think that?  Maybe nothing is wrong?  [/quote]

Exactly! You are well within your rights to criticize the decision. And I fully support that right.

But when posters like OP say this is "censorship" (not you, I think), that isn't a matter of opinion. That is factually wrong. [/quote]

Well if school districts tell teachers they can't use a certain book it is censorship in the school arena.[/quote]

No, that's not censorship either. Employers have a right to set work protocols and standards. If you don't like it, you are free to find employment elsewhere. [/quote]

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