Teen Mom Jenelle Evans slammed as ‘racist’ by fans after she allows her kids to listen to Dr. Seuss books
EX Teen Mom star Jenelle Evans revealed she’s being slammed as “racist” after she let her kids listen to various Dr Seuss books.
Last week, a few of the author’s classic stories were snubbed from Read Across America Day after the books were accused of having “strong racial undertones.”
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Mother of three Jenelle shared footage of one her kids enjoying some Dr. Seuss, and she said fans were none too happy about it.
The 29-year-old told her husband David Eason, with whom she shares 4-year-old daughter Ensley, in an Instagram Story video: “Guess what, babe?
“Now I’m ‘racist’ because I post my kid listening to Dr Seuss books.”
She made air quotes around the word racist and appeared to show how ridiculous she thought the whole thing was with a little smile and smirk to her husband at the end.
He sarcastically responded to her: “Well then I’m probably racist because I read Dr. Seuss books when I was five.”
Following the racism claims against certain Dr. Seuss books, the business that preserves and protects the author’s legacy confirmed that production of the books will be seized.
Six of them will stop being published, which also comes after President Joe Biden canceled the author over claims of “racist and hurtful” imagery.
In Biden’s Read Across America Day speech he made no mention of Seuss – even though his predecessors Donald Trump and Barack Obama both mentioned the author in their own declarations.
The White House hasn’t commented specifically on why the president chose not to mention the author.
If I Ran the Zoo, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, McElligot’s Pool, On Beyond Zebra!, Scrambled Eggs Super! and The Cat’s Quizzer are the titles being pulled from production.
Dr. Seuss Enterprises told The Associated Press in a statement that coincided with the late author and illustrator’s birthday: “These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong.
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“Ceasing sales of these books is only part of our commitment and our broader plan to ensure Dr. Seuss Enterprises’ catalog represents and supports all communities and families.”
The decision to cease publication and sales of the books was actually made last year after months of discussion, the company told AP, not just after the author was left out of President Biden’s speech last week.
All this comes just as the fired Teen Mom star liked a post that claimed “every man who grew up in the 80s & 90s” acts “racist and sexist” – like her husband David.
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Sharing the post a fan made for her to her Instagram Stories, the message featured a photo of Jenelle with a lengthy rant defending the former reality star and David.
One particular section that referred to her baby daddy, read: “Most people have never been with a man like David.
“[sic] His just a homophobic, racist, and sexist. I’m not calling him that but come on people, every straight man I know who grew up in the 80/90’s acts like that.”