Cancellation of Captain Underpants
On March 29, 2021, a novel of Captain Underpants, a children’s book, was pulled from shelves of bookstores and libraries after the publisher said it “perpetuates passive racism”. [1] [2] The book that got pulled was “The Adventures of Ook and Gluk” by Dav Pilkey. [3] [4]
References
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/29/captain-underpants-author-withdraws-book-passive-racism-the-adventures-of-ook-and-gluk?scrlybrkr=1c9d2f49
- ↑ https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/captain-underpants-passive-racism-author-vows-donatations
- ↑ https://apnews.com/article/dav-pilkey-captain-underpants-entertainment-scholastic-asian-3967162e98a322ae1e121596abf454bc
- ↑ https://cancellation-of-captain-underpants.weebly.com/