Some members of the committee objected that the Cat in the Hat that accompanied the Dr. Seuss statue ought to be cut away and permitted to remain on display, since it was unfair to condemn the creation for the sins of the creator. But they were outvoted by others who noted that the Cat was “pure White Privilege in a bow tie. Just look at how the story starts. Dude just walks into the home of a white family and starts messing with stuff. A Black Cat would have been shot dead by the cops by page six.”

Posted June 24, 2020