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johnkremer · 6 years

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freenewstoday · 3 years

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New Post has been published on https://freenews.today/2021/03/28/scholastic-has-pulled-a-book-by-captain-underpants-author-dav-pilkey-over-its-passive-racism-and-racial-stereotypes/

Scholastic has pulled a book by 'Captain Underpants' author Dav Pilkey over its 'passive racism' and racial stereotypes

Scholastic said it has stopped distributing a book by Dav Pilkey for perpetuating “passive racism.”

“We are deeply sorry for this serious mistake,” the children’s book publisher said in a statement.

The pulled book, “The Adventures of Ook and Gluk,” hit bookshelves in 2010.

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Scholastic has pulled a children’s book, “The Adventures of Ook and Gluk,” for perpetuating “passive racism.”

The publisher said in a statement the decision was made on March 22 with the author, Dav Pilkey, who is known for the wildly successful “Captain Underpants” series.

In his own statement, Pilkey said the book was “intended to showcase diversity, equality, and non-violent conflict resolution.”

The book is about friends who save the world using kung fu and the principles found in Chinese philosophy, he said.

“But this week it was brought to my attention that this book also contains harmful racial stereotypes and passively racist imagery,” the author said. “I wanted to take this opportunity to publicly apologize for this. It was and is wrong and harmful to my Asian readers, friends, and family, and to all Asian people.”

“The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future” by Dev Pilkey

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Scholastic’s decision on the book — subtitled “Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future” — followed a similar decision from Dr. Seuss Enterprises, which said earlier this month it would cease publication of six Dr. Seuss titles.

In the days after that announcement, other Dr. Seuss titles soared to the top of Amazon’s bestseller chart. The books were pulled from eBay. Politicians and commentators claimed that “cancel culture” had come for Dr. Seuss.

Pilkey said he and Scholastic would work to remove copies of “The Adventures of Ook and Gluk” from bookshops and library shelves, although it’s unclear whether libraries would remove the book.

As of Sunday, Scholastic’s websites in the US and elsewhere had pulled the title. Current orders won’t be fulfilled, the company said.

“Throughout our 100-year history, we have learned that trust must be won every day by total vigilance,” Scholastic said in its statement.

It added: “It is our duty and privilege to publish books with powerful and positive representations of our diverse society, and we will continue to strengthen our review processes as we seek to support all young readers.”

Pilkey said his advance and royalties from the book would be given to charities. He said: “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. I apologize, and I pledge to do better.”

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natewragg · 7 years

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Today marks the release of Dreamworks “CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS:The First Epic Movie.” I Production Designed the movie and was so lucky to have worked with the best group of artists I could have ever asked for. While our art department was small, we were jam packed with talent that inspired every once of the look of this film. Above you’ll see a painting of mine, and some vis dev from Chris Zibach, Perry Dixon Maple, Rune Bennicke, Floriane Marchix, and Avner Gellar.

We also had, and this can’t be understated, these AMAZING books to be inspired by each and every day to help guide us on our design / adaptation journey. It’s because of these books, and Dav Pilkey ( the author / illustrator ) that we had this movie to make. Dav Pilkey is a genius, and one of the best artists I’ve ever come across, and I hope he know’s that our art department honored and cherished his work each an everyday and I think that really shows in our faithful adaptation of his work up onto the big screen.

Our Director David Soren, Producers Mark Swift and Mireille Soria also deserve a big shout out as well. The trust and support they provided each and every day allowed our art department to flourish. Easily one of the best, most creative teams I have ever been around.

Also, a huge thanks to the entire team at Mikros. I spent half of my time during this production there in studio with you all in Montreal and Paris, and each and everyone of you helped make this amazing movie. Your tireless work, and dedication to this film is why it looks so fantastic, thank you all.

I’ve posted few pieces of the vis dev work above and will post more in the coming weeks, but if you get the chance, go see the movie it’s out today and track down the Art of Book ( pictured above ) which you can find in stores and online.

#CaptainUnderpants #Dreamworks #NateWragg

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