A graphic novel for children from the creators of the wildly popular “Captain Underpants” series is being pulled from library and book store shelves after its publisher said it “perpetuates passive racism.”
The book under scrutiny is 2010’s “The Adventures of Ook and Gluk” by Dav Pilkey, who has apologized, saying it “contains harmful racial stereotypes” and is “wrong and harmful to my Asian readers.”
The book follows about a pair of friends who travel from 500,001 B.C. to 2222, where they meet a martial arts instructor who teaches them kung fu and they learn principles found in Chinese philosophy.
Scholastic said it had removed the book from its websites, stopped processing orders for it and sought a return of all inventory. “We will take steps to inform schools and libraries who may still have this title in circulation of our decision to withdraw it from publication,” the publisher said in a statement.
Pilkey in a YouTube statement said he planned to donate his advance and all royalties from the book’s sales to groups dedicated to stopping violence against Asians and to promoting diversity in children’s books and publishing.
“I hope that you, my readers, will forgive me, and learn from my mistake that even unintentional and passive stereotypes and racism are harmful to everyone,” he wrote. “I apologize, and I pledge to do better.”
I can’t wait to hear from all the white people that are outraged by this
I am white, have been for 70 years, and I couldn’t care less.
Nah boo not outraged by this. I’m mean when you have 2 woman on live tv simulating having sex with each other while a song about a wet ass pu$$y is playing, what’s there to be offended by??🙄 Come on man. Do better at this trolling thing😏
Signed
A White Woman😁
nope. sorry about how you feel. Take your hate elsewhere.
Yet Karl Marx , adolf hilter, mao , satanic bible, books are still available!!! I’m offended why are these not being removed! (FYI i dont think any books should be banned) These are the very idealogies that’s being perpetuated, luciferism, fascism, marxism their ultimate goal is to burn and destroy the current institutions, morals, God, country, and nationality to the ground. This must 1st occur in order to rebuild according to the marxist luciferian ideology that is being a pushed and shoved down our throats by such CRAP AS another facist book burning like this…mark my words the bible will be on this list one day if this is allowed to continue!!!
The real ones in need of cancellation. Anyone who goes along with this marxist BS!!!