The Complicated Legacy of Dr. Seuss

Head to https://www.squarespace.com/qualitycu... to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. In this video, I discuss the politics and legacy of Theodore Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss. Support the channel, if you like ✨:   / qualityculture   Sources Becoming Dr. Seuss — Brian Jay Jones Catalog of Dr. Seuss Political Cartoons https://library.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dsw... Playing the Victim - Historical Revisionism and Japan | Knowing Better    • Playing the Victim | Historical Revisionis...   Dr. Seuss Goes to War - Richard H. Minear The Democratic Imagination of Dr. Seuss — Henry Jenkins http://www.sfu.ca/media-lab/cmns320_0... But For Grown-Ups Laughing Isn’t Any Fun — Dr. Seuss https://philnel.com/2012/01/16/seussh... Rethinking Dr. Seuss for NEA's Read Across America Day https://www.pragmaticmom.com/wp-conte... A Dr. Seuss Expert Cuts Through the Noise on the Cancel Culture Controversy | Esquire https://www.esquire.com/entertainment... How World War II Created Dr. Seuss — Philip Nel https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=LitRC&u...|A76880848&v=2.1&it=r&sid=googleScholar&asid=d793adc9 What to do with Dr. Seuss? — Philip Nel https://philnel.com/2018/03/02/what-t... In retrospect: The Lorax | Nature https://philnel.com/2018/03/02/what-t... Dr. Seuss and Philosophy: Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! — Jacob Held The Disneyfication of Dr Seuss: Faithful to Profit, One Hundred Percent? — Philip Nel https://www.academia.edu/456808/The_D... The Atomic Bombings by Ian W. Toll | The National WWII Museum https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war... 1947: How the American people feel about the atomic bomb | The Bulletin https://thebulletin.org/premium/2020-... 0:00 Intro 4:26 1) Ted Geisel 12:52 2) Racism & Anti-Racism 29:04 3) Consumerism & Anti-Consumerism 40:15 4) Pro-War & Anti-War 48:15 Conclusion