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Dr. Seuss' Godson Weighs in on the 'Culture Wars' Uproar THE HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FOR MENLO PARK, ATHERTON, PORTOLA VALLEY AND WOODSIDE MARCH 12, 2021 | VOL. 56 NO. 27 WWW.ALMANACNEWS.COM Dr. Seuss’ godson weighs in on the ‘culture wars’ uproar Late author’s estate decided to stop publishing several books containing racist images By Kate Bradshaw published and licensed are “And Almanac Staff Writer to Think That I Saw It on Mul- berry Street,” “McElligot’s Pool,” ichael Thompson “On Beyond Zebra!,” “Scram- knew his godfather as bled Eggs Super!” and “The Cat’s MUncle Ted. Quizzer,” the announcement But to many, many others, said. Theodor Seuss Geisel was best The announcement has trig- known by his pen name, Dr. gered an uproar. Some have Seuss. decried it as an example of “can- Thompson, who now lives cel culture” run amok while oth- in Redwood City, said he was ers have argued that Seuss came around 3 years old when Geisel from a culture that was white dedicated his book “If I Ran the supremacist, and that children’s Zoo” to him. books today should not just That book is one of the six that avoid containing harmful racial the Seuss estate, Dr. Seuss Enter- stereotypes, but should better prises, announced on March represent positive protagonists 2 that it has decided to stop from different races. selling. “These books portray In the meantime, some of the people in ways that are hurtful titles to cease publication have and wrong,” Dr. Seuss Enter- skyrocketed in demand and prises said. price. Amazon now lists cop- Specifically, some illustrations ies of “If I Ran the Zoo” selling of Asian and Black people in between $500 and $800. those books are considered to In an interview with this Magali Gauthier be crude racial stereotypes. The Michael Thompson holds a copy of “If I Ran the Zoo” by Dr. Seuss in his Redwood City home on March other books that will cease to be See DR. SEUSS, page 18 8. The late author, Theodor Seuss Geisel, was Thompson’s godfather. Are the kids alright? Teens speak out about the emotional toll of a year in isolation By Elena Kadvany Thanksgiving break. She felt have been increasingly con- 25 years old. In 2020, there were lost. She stopped running, even cerned about youth well-being about 34,500 calls from youth to Any person who is feeling ine months into the though she loves cross country as the coronavirus pandemic has the hotline, compared to about depressed, troubled or suicidal global pandemic, Riley and hopes to compete in college. kept most local schools closed 27,000 in 2019 — a 28% rise, can call the National Suicide Capuano told a grid of She was going to bed late for no for months longer than anyone according to data provided by the Prevention Hotline at 800- N 273-8255 or can reach trained faces on a Zoom screen why she reason. anticipated. Desperate parents county. and her peers need schools to “I felt like I was just tired of have called into school board “At the beginning of the pan- counselors at Crisis Text Line by reopen. waiting for it to end. I lost all meetings, describing children demic we could still tell them, texting 741741. More resources “I’ve never interest in any schoolwork. I of all ages who are listless and ‘Hang in there. Eventually we are listed at the bottom of this seen this many didn’t find any of it interesting,” disengaged. In February, one will get out of this.’ ... but now story. students strug- she said. “I was sick of just waking Palo Alto parent told the school it seems endless,” Suicide and gling with men- up, talking to my parents, doing board her children are “empty, Crisis Services Manager Lan still grappling with the ripple tal health,” the school, being too lazy to run and zombie-like shells of what they Nguyen, who is often on the effects of sheltering in place for Los Altos High then repeating (it all over again).” once were.” other end of the line with teens a year. School junior Capuano didn’t feel hopeless, From April to October 2020, calling into the hotline, said in said during a she said, but like there just “wasn’t hospitals across the U.S. saw a January. “They say, ‘When is this Turning to advocacy virtual school Riley Capuano anything good” on the horizon. 31% increase in the proportion going to go away? When will I board meeting on Dec. 14. “Being She is one of a vast many local of mental health emergency visits be able to see my friends again? As her high school’s student cooped up in your home all teenagers who have been feeling by youth ages 12 to 17, according When can I go back to school? school board representative, day is really, really tough. I’m a this way in the last year since to the Centers for Disease Con- When is it going to end?’ And Capuano has assumed the role pretty happy kid usually, but I’ve their lives have mostly shrunk trol and Prevention. unfortunately we can’t answer of spokesperson for her peers. never struggled more than I have to the walls of their homes and Locally, Santa Clara County’s that question for them.” She’s consistently advocated for this year because of being fully computer screens. 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