![]() ![]() ![]() What they didn’t acknowledge is that these six books make up only a sliver of the Seuss library-and the money-making machine that that library has become. Across conservative media, the titles were the latest victims of “cancel culture,” with Newsmax and Fox News hosts spending significant airtime on the matter. ![]() The surprising announcement by Seuss Enterprises followed a 2019 study by the Conscious Kid's Library and the University of California-San Diego that found themes of orientalism and anti-Blackness in some of his books, and coincided with President Joe Biden excluding Seuss’ name from his Proclamation on Read Across America Day. Seuss raked in $33 million in earnings last year-and as his titles soar on the best-seller list, his estate can expect more this year. ![]()
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