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The publisher of the successful children’s novel series Captain Underpants has announced that the book is being pulled from libraries and bookstores for what he says “perpetuates passive racism.”
Author Dav Pilkey has already issued an apology for the 2010 “The Adventures of Ook and Gluk.” He says the book “contains harmful racial stereotypes” and is “wrong and harmful to my Asian readers.”
Another huge children’s book company, Scholastic, says that the book has been pulled from their website and that orders for the book have been stopped.
“We will take steps to inform schools and libraries who may still have this title in circulation of our decision to withdraw it from publication,” the publisher said in a statement.
Pilkey is looking to take a negative about the book and make it a positive. He stated in a YouTube video that he is taking his advancements and royalties and donating them to groups dedicated to stopping violence against Asians and to promoting diversity in children’s books and publishing.
“I hope that you, my readers, will forgive me, and learn from my mistake that even unintentional and passive stereotypes and racism are harmful to everyone,” he wrote.
“I apologize, and I pledge to do better.”
When does this shit stop. Yeah I know NEVER!
I know, when the last coward finally capitulates.
Or when we grind the last of these mentally ill accusers under our boot heels.
Never apologize to these people.
Yeah when the groveling commences, more ground is lost. Every time.
Liberals ruin everything
By conceding he admits he’s a passive racist. That’s how this works. That’s why you don’t give into the insane mob and their own personal madness.
Grow a pair of balls you douche bag! DBAP!
I would like to see the books that ARE allowed to be read by kids nowadays.
These are the people who won’t say shit to your face.
They want you to read – Daryl the transgender, homeless, bipolar Bear……
Captain Underpants was an excellent series to introduce young boys to reading. It was snarky, funny, full of boy humor. Sad to see it go.
It’s not Captain Underpants. There’s some other book they came after.
“Pilkey is looking to take a negative about the book and make it a positive. He stated in a YouTube video that he is taking his advancements and royalties and donating them to groups dedicated to stopping violence against Asians and to promoting diversity in children’s books and publishing.”
Translation: a bunch of money is going to go to some “non-profit” where the executives make WAAY more money than they should, and who will stop making that money if any actual progress is made.
Another capitulating pussy caves.
Pat, I’d like to buy a vowel. An ‘e’ please…and give it to Dav. Pat, do also have a spine to give him too?
The mob must have had some serious dirt on this guy. He`s no longer “Captain Underpants”. He`s now “Captain Shit-in-his-pants”. Oh well, he feels better now that he`s been neutered.