Researcher: Children’s media use cuddly animals to reinforce ‘racist’ and ‘socially dominant norms’

National Post ^ | JUNE 6, 2013 | Sarah Boesveld

[rickmichaels]

Parents who read their kids stories about happy, human-like animals like Franklin the Turtle or Arthur at bedtime are exposing their kids to racism, materialism, homophobia and patriarchal norms, according to a paper presented at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

[WorkingClassFilth]

What idiocy.

Point of fact: I used to routinely censor library materials my offspring picked out due to the overwhelming leftist messages most children’s literature contains. At least, the stuff we stock in Minnetopia.

‘Arthur’ was one I could stomach, although it had the circa 1980’s leftist twitch. Even so, I could stand reading happy-nicey-rainbow-fuzzy puppies crap since we have a whole lot more going on that puts this tripe in its proper perspective.

To imagine that the Left has gone so insane that their introductory pablum is now racist and counter-revolutionary just proves that the Maoists are now in control.

[OldNewYork]

Thanks, I was looking for a list of books to reinforce patriarchal norms.

[Grams A]

I have a very ragged copy of Little Black Sambo which I have read to my children and then my grandchildren. Guess these folks wouldn’t be too happy about that - but too bad. They don’t know what they are missing.

[Fred Hayek]

Maybe give the kiddies books that teach them that they are viruses infecting the Earth Mother Goddess Gaia?

Millstone. Neck. Deep blue sea.

[Chode]

yup, they spell democRAT... and ya can't spell democRAT without RAT

[CrazyIvan]

Democ(tree)rats.