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Teen Mom Jenelle Evans slammed as ‘racist’ by fans after she allows her kids to listen to Dr Seuss books
EX Teen Mom star Jenelle Evans revealed she’s being slammed as “racist” after she let her kids listen to various Dr Seuss books.
Last week, a few of the author’s classic stories were snubbed from Read Across America Day after the books were accused of having “strong racial undertones.”
Jenelle Evans said she’s being called ‘racist’ by fans[/caption]
Mother-of-three Jenelle shared footage of one her kids enjoying some Dr Seuss, and she said fans were none too happy about it.
The 29-year-old told her husband David Eason, with whom she shares 4-year-old daughter Ensley, in an Instagram Story video: “Guess what, babe?
“Now I’m ‘racist’ because I post my kid listening to Dr Seuss books.”
She made air quotes around the word racist and appeared to show how ridiculous she thought the whole thing was with a little smile and smirk to her husband at the end.
The Teen Mom alum said people are calling her that because she posted about letting her kids listen to Dr Seuss[/caption]
She told her husband David Eason about the comments she’s been getting about allowing her kids to enjoy Dr Seuss books[/caption]
He sarcastically responded to her: “Well then I’m probably racist because I read Dr Seuss books when I was five.”
Following the racism claims against certain Dr Seuss books, the business that preserves and protects the author’s legacy confirmed that production of the books will be seized.
Six of them will stop being published, which also comes after President Joe Biden canceled the author over claims of “racist and hurtful” imagery.
In Biden’s Read Across America Day speech he made no mention of Seuss – even though his predecessors Donald Trump and Barack Obama both mentioned the author in their own declarations.
David said sarcastically that he, too, is ‘probably racist’ then because he used to read the stories[/caption]
Jenelle appeared to laugh at the situation with a little smile to her husband[/caption]
The White House hasn’t commented specifically on why the president chose not to mention the author.
If I Ran the Zoo, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, McElligot’s Pool, On Beyond Zebra!, Scrambled Eggs Super! and The Cat’s Quizzer are the titles being pulled from production.
Dr. Seuss Enterprises told The Associated Press in a statement that coincided with the late author and illustrator’s birthday: “These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,
“Ceasing sales of these books is only part of our commitment and our broader plan to ensure Dr. Seuss Enterprises’ catalog represents and supports all communities and families.”
Six Dr Seuss books are ceasing publication because of ‘racism claims’[/caption]
Jenelle’s post about her kid listening to the stories comes after last week’s outrage over the books[/caption]
The decision to cease publication and sales of the books was actually made last year after months of discussion, the company told AP, not just after the author was left out of Biden’s speech last week.
Despite the recent upset over certain Seuss tales, Jenelle shared a post of her kid listening to the books, and she revealed she’s being called “racist” because of it.
This comes just as the fired Teen Mom star liked a post that claimed “every man who grew up in the 80s & 90s” acts “racist and sexist” – like her husband David.
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Sharing the post a fan made for her to her Instagram Stories, the message featured a photo of Jenelle with a lengthy rant defending the reality star and her husband.
One particular section that referred to her baby daddy, read: “Most people have never been with a man like David.
“His [sic] just a homophobic, racist, and sexist. I’m not calling him that but come on people, every straight man I know who grew up in the 80/90’s acts like that.”
