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If adults want to study these books and their images I am sure they will be able to access them, given that copies of the books still exist and images of them will forever exist online.

But children at the library need not be confronted with racist images of themselves or others when checking books out from the children's section, from a very popular author.

Which of these books https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/dr-seuss-got-away-anti-asian-racism-long-rcna381

would you feel comfortable reading aloud at a children's story time? What if the audience was Asian American parents and children? What if the audience was black parents and children? Would you feel it is appropriate? Do you feel like you are qualified to explain the "context and nuance" to these families?

As this piece https://theconversation.com/from-erasure-to-recategorizing-what-we-should-do-with-dr-seuss-books-156929 says:

"Retiring racist texts from children’s literature is a crucial step in interrupting the racist legacies that continue to hurt and divide us. With careful contextualization, these historical materials can help document and teach people about the realities of racism that are so often belittled or denied. It also makes space, literally and figuratively, for new texts by diverse authors featuring diverse characters that provide a fuller picture of the world that better reflects the rich variety of people, experiences and perspectives it has to offer.

This is especially important considering how much work still needs to be done in galleries, museums, libraries and archives. These institutions are still overwhelmingly white and male."