The Adventures of Ook and Gluk is a graphic novel by Dav Pilkey, and a spin-off series of the widely popular children's book series Captain Underpants. This series follows two caveman who travel to the future and learn Kung Fu from a Chinese Martial Arts Master named Mr. Wong. Earlier this week Scholastic announced that they would not only no longer be publishing this graphic novel, would be having them pulled from bookstores but are urging school libraries to remove it from there shelves. Now why is this children's book being cancelled? "Passive" racism. Here is the original article:
The article says this:
Scholastic did not define “passive racism,” but Diversity Inc., a news organization that provides training on diversity, inclusion, and Critical Race Theory, indicates that “passive racism” refers to unintentionally harmful material that an organization or individual allows to exist, knowing the harm it poses to people of color.
Because of “Ook and Gluk’s” “passive racism,” Scholastic is going one step further than Dr. Seuss Enterprises did last month when it announced that it was ending the publication of six of the famous children’s author’s titles. Fox News reports that the publishing company has “decided to remove the book from its websites” but will also “stop processing orders for it and is seeking a return on all inventory.”
The definition of racism is:
Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.
Have really gotten to a point in our society where we don't just have an issue with racism (and rightly so) but with now this new idea of "Passive" racism. I mean is this really actually racism? If you look at the definition of racism, as shown above, it uses words that are active and gives the person who is being racist agency in their actions. Now "passive" racism (which Scholastic never even defined) which is said to be unintentional, but others find offensive. Someone either is or isn't racist. Someone is either actively being racist or they aren't. This idea that something is racist, not because the person creating the content is racist, but because someone somewhere might be offended is literally one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard.
The fact that the author even went so far as to apologize for something that he didn't "purposely" do shows that the mere mention that something you say or do "may" be racist, even if it is literally not, has the masses running scared that they are going to be the next thing canceled by the Mob. All I can say is that this "Wokeness" is going to be the downfall of literally the entire world as we know it. No longer will anyone be able to have an opinion for fear that someone may, or may not, get their feelings hurt. Honestly, if you don't like something don't listen to it. Don't read it. Don't watch it. Just because you hate something, doesn't automatically make it hate speech. Let's be adults.
Till Next Time,
Words by Ali
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