[ilyaeck]

Who says what does or does not stand on its own? I am not seeing any negative stereotyping there, just colorful characters. You might argue that I ought to be Chinese to have a say about it. And that'd be fair - let's ask Chinese people then! I'd be curious what they actually think. Personally, as a Jew, I wouldn't mind at all to see a "stereotypical" Orthodox depiction of a jew, with a yarmulke and all, as long as it's not negative. I fact, I might appreciate it as an artifact educating the audiences about my people's original culture.

[mcphage]

> Who says what does or does not stand on its own?

Well, in this case, the copyright holder.

[eesmith]

It is not hard to find that Lisa Yee boycotted a festival at the Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum over this image. Quoting https://www.masslive.com/springfield/2021/03/and-to-think-th... :

> Its removal came after authors Mo Willems, Mike Curato and Lisa Yee co-signed a letter calling for its removal. They described the imagery as “a jarring racial stereotype of a Chinese man, who is depicted with chopsticks, a pointed hat, and slanted slit eyes. We find this caricature of ‘the Chinaman’ deeply hurtful, and have concerns about children’s exposure to it.”

The point is that this stereotypical description is negative.