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You realize this was a publishing company deciding, completely unprompted and out of their own volition, that they don't want to publish these books, right? Who

• jtbayly 6y ago
  No. This was eBay, not a publisher. No. This was not completely unprompted.
  • Kaze404 6y ago
    Right, but what prompted it was the situation I described. Nobody asked for this.
    • jtbayly 6y ago
      Your comment is off topic. There is a reason we are discussing the article about eBay’s decision, not the publisher’s. And do you work for the publisher? Or are you just pretending like you know that Karen never called the publisher?
    • enoughalready 6y ago
      It was prompted by a school district threatening to boycott the publisher because of these books. Why would you make a claim about it not being prompted when you didn't do the research first?
• enoughalready 6y ago
  It was prompted: A school district in Virginia said over the weekend that it had advised schools to de-emphasize Dr. Seuss books on “Read Across America Day,” a national literacy program that takes place each year on March 2, the anniversary of Mr. Geisel’s birth. “Research in recent years has revealed strong racial undertones in many books written/illustrated by Dr. Seuss,” according to the statement by the district, Loudoun County Public Schools. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/books/dr-seuss-mulberry-street.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/books/dr-seuss-mulberry-s...