Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel, 1904-1991) was a life-long cartoonist: in high school in Springfield, Massachusetts; in college at Dartmouth (Class of 1925); as an adman in New York City before World War II; in his many children's books, beginning with To Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street (1937). Because of the fame of his children's books (and because we often misunderstand these books) and because his political cartoons have remained largely unknown, we do not think of Dr. Seuss as a political cartoonist. But for two years, 1941-1943, he was the chief editorial cartoonist for the New York newspaper PM (1940-1948), and for that journal he drew over 400 editorial cartoons.
Title: ... and the wolf chewed up the children and spit out their bones... but those were foreign children and it really didn't matter.
Creator: Seuss, Dr.
Publisher: PM Magazine
Date: October 1, 1941
Notes:
Converted to black and white, cleaned up so that only the line art was present (1999)
It's been popping up in facebook bubbles, Fafa. At least, I think that's where I saw it recently.
Honestly, I was wondering if someone doctored it up to reflect the present, but "America First" could've easily been a wide-spread motto two months before Pearl Harbor. Interesting, really.
America First was the common refrain led by Charles Lindbergh and the anti US involvement in World War 2. 'America First' was the rally cry of the antisemites who lamented that the Jew being killed weren't as important as the young American men who would die trying to end what Hitler was doing. Obviously, once Pearl Harbor happened they became mostly irrelevant. Though the ideology did persist in some commercial circles, like with Henry Ford. This cartoon was real and was a reaction to Lindbergh and the 'America First' bigots. Geisel was a member of B'nai B'rith and several other Jewish organizations. I took a 'Writing About Comics' class in College-we studied Geisel among other people and the expanding influence of political cartoons during the period between The Great Depression and WW2.
American first is common language saying America fist in so way associates anyone with a political movement that happen to have the name. That is just stupid
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He died in 1991, you really
He died in 1991, you really are ignorant.... keep it coming, you make me laugh.
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http://www.snopes.com/dr
http://www.snopes.com/dr-seuss-adolf-wolf/
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Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss
Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel, 1904-1991) was a life-long cartoonist: in high school in Springfield, Massachusetts; in college at Dartmouth (Class of 1925); as an adman in New York City before World War II; in his many children's books, beginning with To Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street (1937). Because of the fame of his children's books (and because we often misunderstand these books) and because his political cartoons have remained largely unknown, we do not think of Dr. Seuss as a political cartoonist. But for two years, 1941-1943, he was the chief editorial cartoonist for the New York newspaper PM (1940-1948), and for that journal he drew over 400 editorial cartoons.
Title: ... and the wolf chewed up the children and spit out their bones... but those were foreign children and it really didn't matter.
Creator: Seuss, Dr.
Publisher: PM Magazine
Date: October 1, 1941
Notes:
Converted to black and white, cleaned up so that only the line art was present (1999)
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Was Mannfred referring to WW2
Was Mannfred referring to WW2? Seems odd.....He's not a history teacher.
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It's been popping up in
It's been popping up in facebook bubbles, Fafa. At least, I think that's where I saw it recently.
Honestly, I was wondering if someone doctored it up to reflect the present, but "America First" could've easily been a wide-spread motto two months before Pearl Harbor. Interesting, really.
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it's real
it's real
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This "America First" stuff is
This "America First" stuff is unacceptable..
everybody and every country deserves to be first
if everyone is first..who is second?
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Dr. Suess on torching N*ggers
Dr. Suess comments on torching N*ggers
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/28/living/feat-racist-dr-seuss-drawing/
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America First was the common
America First was the common refrain led by Charles Lindbergh and the anti US involvement in World War 2. 'America First' was the rally cry of the antisemites who lamented that the Jew being killed weren't as important as the young American men who would die trying to end what Hitler was doing. Obviously, once Pearl Harbor happened they became mostly irrelevant. Though the ideology did persist in some commercial circles, like with Henry Ford. This cartoon was real and was a reaction to Lindbergh and the 'America First' bigots. Geisel was a member of B'nai B'rith and several other Jewish organizations. I took a 'Writing About Comics' class in College-we studied Geisel among other people and the expanding influence of political cartoons during the period between The Great Depression and WW2.
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Never thought Dr. Seuss was
Never thought Dr. Seuss was a racist. Interesting cartoon Ender.
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American first is common
American first is common language saying America fist in so way associates anyone with a political movement that happen to have the name. That is just stupid
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^^fafa and jed can relate.
^^fafa and jed can relate. American trash.
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((( saying America fist in so
((( saying America fist in so way)))
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