Why is everyone telling me Dr. Seuss was racist?

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Bunch of people I know are telling me Dr Seuss used racism in his books, but whenever I try to Google I can’t find any examples.

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[This news story](https://apnews.com/article/dr-seuss-books-racist-images-d8ed18335c03319d72f443594c174513) provides a concise rundown of why some of the books are no longer in print:

>Six Dr. Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” — will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that preserves and protects the author’s legacy said Tuesday.
“These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” Dr. Seuss Enterprises told The Associated Press in a statement that coincided with the late author and illustrator’s birthday.

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