Tag Archives: World War II

Dr. Seuss and Racism

Posted on May 18, 2022 by theamericanplutarch

In 2017, an elementary school librarian in Massachusetts criticized a gift of Dr. Seuss books from then First Lady Melania Trump as being “steeped in racist propaganda, caricatures, and harmful stereotypes.” A school district in Virginia claimed that “Research in … Continue reading →

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War Story

Posted on May 25, 2016 by theamericanplutarch

Bob lived in an old two story tenement, thin, tall, and long with clapboard exterior badly in need of paint. Other tenements of similar age and quality lined the street, which was crowded with parked cars, some working but others … Continue reading →

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