Three authors declined to participate in the children’s literature festival, which was held on October 14 at the site of the Dr. seuss Museum. They said that one of the frescoes, which depicts the Chinese character from the book of the writer, is «a dramatic racial stereotype.»
The Massachusetts Museum dedicated to Dr. Seuss, a well known animator and children’s writer, proposed to remove the painting, taken from the works of the author «And to think I saw it on mulberry street». Following this decision, the authors Mo Willems, Mike Curato and Lisa Yi confirmed their presence at the festival.
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In his complaint for a Museum mural, they said: «We consider this caricature of «Chinese» is deeply offensive, and we have concerns about improper influence on children.»
On Thursday, the Museum is located in the hometown of the author of the Springfield, said that the mural will be replaced with the image of the later books.
The representative of the Museum believes that Theodor Geisel (the real name of the cartoonist) would agree with this decision: «This is what Dr. seuss wanted us to do. In his later works such as «Snowflakes» and «Elephant Horton hears a who» showed more respect for equity and differences».
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As it became known, was Theodor Geisel, who wrote under the pseudonym Dr. seuss, was the best-selling English writer among young children. His work «cat in the hat» is called a true icon of American culture. The book is written from the 220 words, which was thought to have to know children of a certain age.
In addition, his works have been filmed, including in 2000 he published the famous «how the Grinch stole Christmas» with Jim Carrey in the title role of the eponymous book writer.
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