# And to Think I can't See it on Mulberry Street -- Six Seuss Books retired for racism

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**Created:** [March 2, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-to-think-i-cant-see-it-on-mulberry-street-six-seuss-books-retired-for-racism/934113 "2021-03-02T14:09:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-to-think-i-cant-see-it-on-mulberry-street-six-seuss-books-retired-for-racism/934113/75 "2021-03-02T23:39:13Z")

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Sure, bad expression. “Ban” is clearly a trigger word for many. Let’s not use it then.

But there is a difference between stopping printing of a book because it no longer sells, and stopping everyone from printing it as you feel it is “wrong”. There is still a copyright on those books.

No one gets to print those books now.

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