Reading ‘Horton Hears a Who!’ as a Gay Dad to Piss Off Dr. Seuss
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5 min readSep 8, 2020
This is part three of a series where we reclaim the problematic narratives of well-known Dr. Seuss books. From exoticism to blackface, Dr. Seuss’ bigotry was implicitly reflected in the storylines, messages, and illustrations of the children’s books we’ve been reading for generations.