> The Cat in the Hat is based on a blackface minstrel show.
So the cat is black people? What do the eggs represent?
Honestly, making non-racist media out of old racist stuff seems like a good thing. If you could take some WW2 German folk dance and rip out the part about Hitler, you should do so. To the degree that anyone remembers it used to be about him, it literally craps on his memory.
> Asians are depicted with buckteeth and slanted closed eyes.
"Man from the pre-information age uses old-timey stereotypical imagery!" Shocker.
> In several works, Asians are literally depicted as half-human, half monster.
You're confusing depictions of individuals - Hirohito (and Hitler) - populist and brutal leaders of countries who we were at war with, and broad statements about everyone with a certain biology.
When an "ordinary" asian was depicted you get minor stereotypes like conical farmer's hats and chopsticks, but that's the point of trying to illustrate other cultures and normalize their day-to-day lives.
> Literally every non-white human character is depicted in a subservient role.
Most Seuss books don't have a hierarchy, like who is in charge, the cat? The sneeches who have stars, or those without? (Real answer: the guy with the machine.)
This is just silly race-baiting. It mocks anyone who has had actual encounters with actual racists. Seuss is pretty much the least racist person you'll find, judged by his body of work which contains literal messages of love thy neighbor despite their appearance.
Also on this topic, orcs - literal metaphors for black people because Tolkien/WotC is a monster, or just a fantasy race?
> Why would I tip Amazon?
You expect them to pay more than they need to but don't want to yourself - their employees took that job knowing the wage. Perhaps your extra payment is the marginal dollar that Bezos doesn't need to reinvest to make AWS a success, and he (recognizing your good example) would give it to his employees.
> I do tip the delivery driver
But not the warehouse worker or anyone else. It's performative, and rude to expect a worker with a good job to grovel with their hand out for your scraps.
> like an additional restroom so employees don't have to piss themselves on the line
Yeah, that's not real. I mean, I don't doubt that some warehouse, somewhere, didn't have all the bathrooms operational one day. But you are specifically not allowed to be punished for going to the bathroom and employers have to have enough for all employees. You can call in inspectors, or simply take pictures, and sue pretty easily.
> or for A/C or heater units so employees don't freeze in the winter or pass out from the heat in the summer.
Again, if the boss did something that was likely to cause harm or death there'd be actual complaints, with legal weight.
The unionists are no more credible than the anti-Seussians.