The below tidbit came my way from a college friend on Facebook, who'd seen my post on Joy's "Brown Bear" moment. The "banned" image came with the accompanying text below:
In 2010, a member of the Texas State Board of Education called for the removal of "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" by Bill Martin, Jr. from the state curriculum. Why? The board member said that Martin's works for adults contain “very strong critiques of capitalism and the American system." Fortunately, someone pointed out to this mistaken board member that Bill Martin, Jr. was not Bill Martin, a philosophy professor and author of "Ethical Marxism: The Categorical Imperative of Liberation." Oops.
JoyDad's response was swift:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?
I see a struggle between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie!
JoyTeachers, take note. We depend on you to convey to our daughter, in suitable terms, the enduring significance of the RED bird!
1 comment:
Wait, there can be more than one author with the same name? That sounds like some kind of sneaky un-American coverup, if you ask me.
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