A graphic novel for children from the wildly popular B次元官网网址淐aptain UnderpantsB次元官网网址� series is being pulled from library and book store shelves after its publisher said it B次元官网网址減erpetuates passive racism.B次元官网网址�
The book under scrutiny is 2010B次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淭he Adventures of Ook and GlukB次元官网网址� by Dav Pilkey, who has apologized, saying it B次元官网网址渃ontains harmful racial stereotypesB次元官网网址� and is B次元官网网址渨rong and harmful to my Asian readers.B次元官网网址�
The book follows about a pair of friends who travel from 500,001 B.C. to 2222, where they meet a martial arts instructor who teaches them kung fu and they learn principles found in Chinese philosophy.
Scholastic said it had removed the book from its websites, stopped processing orders for it and sought a return of all inventory. B次元官网网址淲e will take steps to inform schools and libraries who may still have this title in circulation of our decision to withdraw it from publication,B次元官网网址� the publisher said in a statement.
Pilkey in a YouTube statement said he planned to donate his advance and all royalties from the bookB次元官网网址檚 sales to groups dedicated to stopping violence against Asians and to promoting diversity in childrenB次元官网网址檚 books and publishing.
B次元官网网址淚 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,B次元官网网址� he wrote. B次元官网网址淚 apologize, and I pledge to do better.B次元官网网址�
The decision comes amid a wave of high-profile and sometimes deadly violence against Asian Americans since the pandemic began.
Earlier this month, the estate of Dr. Seuss said six of his books would no longer be published because they contained depictions of groups that were B次元官网网址渉urtful and wrong,B次元官网网址� including Asian Americans. The move drew immediate reaction on social media from those who called it another example of B次元官网网址渃ancel culture.B次元官网网址�
Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press
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