Dr. Seuss, Critical Race Theory, and the Coming Purge

 

    In 2004, Diana Duyser made headlines when she sold a ten year old, half eaten grilled cheese sandwich on EBAY for a whopping $28,000. How was she able to accomplish such a feat of salesmanship? She was convinced that the Virgin Mary's face could be seen in the grilled cheese sandwich. Duyser stated, "I would like all people to know that I do believe that this is the Virgin Mary Mother of God." Could she have been lying about what she believed? Sure, but that's beside the point. The fact is that she was able to convince someone else that the Virgin Mary was in and on this sandwich. Amazingly, sales of such things are much more common than one might think. The moral of the story is that a person can see whatever they want to see if they are looking hard enough for it. 

$28,000 Virgin Mary Sandwich

    Perhaps this is why Dr. Seuss' books were able to be read by millions of people for over seven decades before we finally figured out that Seuss was actually a Nazi propagandist and the grand wizard of the KKK. How could we have been so blind? At least in 2021 we are finally smart enough and woke enough to realize just how inherently racist Dr. Seuss' books really are. So it comes as no surprise that Dr. Seuss will no longer be recognized on Read Across America Day, and that half a dozen of his books are now being pulled from the shelves (see the list here; https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2021/03/dr-seuss-canceled-social-media-sounds-off-as-6-of-his-books-are-no-longer-being-published.html). 

    Seriously, what's going on? I think that the answers can be found in another book that isn't being pulled from the shelves, a book that has made the New York Times Best Seller list on two different occasions. The book that I am referring to is White Fragility; Why It's So Hard For White People to Talk About Racism, by Robin DiAngelo. DiAngelo is a diversity trainer and counselor. If her name sounds familiar it's because just recently one of her training webinars was released to the public in which she made this infamous statement to Coke employees, "To be less white is to be less oppressive, arrogant, less certain, less defenseless, less ignorant, more humble." (See story here; https://nypost.com/2021/02/23/coca-cola-diversity-training-urged-workers-to-be-less-white/)

Robin DiAngelo

    Diangelo is one of today's leading voices for Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality. The main theme of these two ideologies is that the world is divided into two categories, the oppressors and the oppressed. CRT obviously applies to race, but intersectionality highlights the intersection of these two categories. We hear them all of the time; LGBT vs. "homophobic", white vs. black, wealthy vs. poor, men vs. women, trans women vs. real women, etc. Our society has been saturated with CRT on every level for the last two decades and we are now seeing the fruit. This ideology is completely antithetical to Christianity and the Biblical Gospel because the oppressed are merely victims who have no need of repentance or forgiveness, while the oppressors are evil and are incapable of being granted forgiveness. When someone actually buys into CRT and Intersectionality, it becomes clear why our society seems to be in a race to the bottom. Tis better to be a victim than a villain. 

    So what does all of this have to do with Dr. Seuss? Well, everything. It's important to understand that CRT is a religious ideology. And in their religion, Seuss is an oppressor. But why? Before we get the answers from DiAngelo's book, I want to preface by mentioning another book that I read years ago by Dr. Walter Martin entitled, The Kingdom of the Cults. In this work Dr. Martin points out a language barrier in which religious cults will redefine well established words, or invent new ones in order to push their agenda. Make no mistake about it, White Fragility is a theology book for the woke religion. While there are many works on the subject, I am convinced that White Fragility is the KJV of CRT. And just like Dr. Martin warned, DiAngelo has completely redefined old words and invented new ones in order to push CRT. This is absolutely essential in understanding why Dr. Seuss is being attacked. Let's take a look at some of the terms in her book. 

White Fragility- This is the reaction of white people when they are confronted with the reality that they are racist. It is a form of "denial" and "bullying". It's purpose is to "maintain the white equilibrium in society." 

White Solidarity- When white people don't keep racism in the forefront of regular conversation. Apparently, if white people aren't talking about racism in the break room at work or at the dinner table at home, then this is a form of racism. 

White Flight- when white people flee the city to move to the suburbs in order to get away from black people. 

White Guilt- When white people finally come to terms with their racism and its negative consequences. However, according to DiAngelo, this can also be confused with righting the wrongs of past racism, and thus become an excuse for not making any further progression. Just because someone has white guilt does not cleanse them of their inherent racism. 

White Saviors- Even when white people treat black people with love and respect, this is actually a form of racism because it proves that white people feel superior to black people. DiAngelo specifically mentioned the movie "The Blind Side" as being racist because it portrays a wealthy white family saving a poor young black man from his rough uprbringing. 

Racism- isn't really limited to individual acts of discrimination based on race. Racism is a system in which all whites are "invested". Therefore all white people are inherently racist, this is not even up for discussion. Racism is essentially an unforgiveable sin. And because racism is so "complex", "fluid" and "constantly evolving", literally anything that white people do could be considered racist at any given time. Hence, the racist Dr. Seuss books that literally nobody had a problem with until now. 

White Supremacy- has very little to do with groups like the KKK and almost everything to do with white influence and power in society. DiAngelo specifically mentioned that most of the richest people in the world are white, the majority of Congress is white, most judges are white, most CEO's are white, etc. This is the modern definition of white supremacy, which pretty much means that if a person is successful and white, by default they are white supremacists. 

    The proponents of CRT and Intersectionality aren't about equality, they want control. Everything that they preach is about destroying the system. This is why it makes perfect sense that even a beloved children's author like Dr. Seuss would be in their cross hairs. He was a wealthy, white male who wrote books that drew people of all races together. Dr. Seuss books are considered by many to be a sacred part of their childhood. But not anymore, now it's racist, and if you like his books, then that makes you a racist. And you're so blind about your racism that you didn't even notice it until someone pointed it out. 

    In conclusion, it's important to point out that the system that CRT and Intersectionality seeks to destroy is the American Capitalist system, the nuclear family, and the church. Every political revolution must have a religious system as an ally. CRT is the religion of Marxism. They deem Dr. Seuss' books racist because they want them to be (hence the Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich). But it won't stop at Dr. Seuss. If society thinks that his books are bad, can you imagine what they want to do with the Bible? CRT isn't a religion of grace, it's a religion of guilt, shame and penance. Right now they are making disciples and identifying heretics. I will save them some trouble and confess my heresy because I wholeheartedly reject CRT. It is a hellish religion. The truth is that I didn't have to read White Fragility in order to know that I have a depraved heart apart from Jesus Christ. But because of His atoning sacrifice on the Cross, my sin debt has been cancelled. That’s the only cancel culture that we should be concerned with. Christians, we need to anchor ourselves in the truth of God's Word and the Gospel because a storm is coming.