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Dr Seuss books withdrawn over racist and insensitive character portrayals
here.One of the withdrawn books, If I Ran the Zoo, depicts two men from Africa as shirtless, shoeless and wearing grass skirts as they carry an exotic animal.In his other title, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, a character described as Chinese has two lines for eyes, carries chopsticks and a bowl of rice, and wears traditional Japanese-style shoes.The other four books to be axed are Scrambled Eggs Super, McElligot's Pool, On Beyond Zebra! and The Cat's Quizzer.Another of his most popular titles, The Cat In The Hat, has also received criticism but will continue to be published for now.Do you think it's right to cease publication of the books? Have you or your children read any of the six titles being withdrawn? Let us know in
