Tag Archives: Racism

Disney+ Removes Several Classic Movies from Children’s Profiles

Disney+ has removed several movies, including “Dumbo,” “Peter Pan,” “The Aristocats” and “Swiss Family Robinson” from children’s profiles on its service over negative depictions and stereotypes.  The Walt Disney Company had previously placed content warnings on the films for “negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people and cultures” in October. But now, it …

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Grocery Store Pushing Minority-Owned Food Brands

Giant Foods introduced new labels on its store shelves to promote products produced by women- and minority-owned businesses. More than 3,100 products owned by 218 qualifying vendors will feature the shelf labels, which will clearly identify whether products are from businesses that are Women, Asian-Indian, Asian-Pacific, Black, Hispanic, LGBTQ, or Veteran-owned. What …

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Dr. Seuss Caves: 6 Books Won’t Be Published for Racist Images

BOSTON (AP) — Six Dr. Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” — will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that preserves and protects the author’s legacy said Tuesday. “These books portray …

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Virginia School System Cancels Dr. Seuss

Dr. Suess, the venerable author of children’s books has been dropped from this years “Read Across America” event. The national day to encourage reading has long included Dr. Seuss books like The Cat in the Hat, Horton Hears a Who, The Grench Who Stole Christmas, and many others. The Loudon …

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