Dr. Seuss Erasure Is Just Beginning

Christine Flowers on Mar 8, 2021

I do not like green eggs and ham
I do not like their colors, ma’am

I only sup on rainbow fish
I like a multi-colored dish

I will not swallow things too white
But chocolate milk is a delight

And Black-eyed peas are really nice
I'll eat them ma'am, I'll eat them twice

I think the thing that matters most
Is making people not feel gross

And saying what they want to hear
For if we don’t, They’ll surely sneer

So even though I will not eat
Green eggs and ham. I’ll say they’re neat

Because I do not want to be
The Grinch who stole Diversity.

Dr. Seuss might not appreciate my rhyming skills, but I would at least hope he’d recognize the irony in my ode to inclusion.

The legendary author spent a lifetime teaching children about the importance of accepting those who were different, of avoiding bullying, of opening our arms to those who looked, sounded, and acted differently from people in our comfort zone. For children, he was a safe haven, a kindly guide through the often complicated, sometimes challenging, always memorable days of awakening.

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