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The Post-Screening Discussion of A Polite Bribe at SBL 2014

March 11, 2015by Max LeeComments

A week ago, I received an email from Robert Orlando, the director and producer of the movie documentary Apostle Paul – A Polite Bribe, informing me that the post-screening discussion between him, Ben Witherington, and…

Movie Review: Apostle Paul – A Polite Bribe by Robert Orlando

January 17, 2015November 22, 2020by Max Lee3 Comments

I’m glad that I can get back to blogging. I was taken aback by how busy the 1st week of the Spring 2015 term was and missed already my aim to post regularly at least…

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I’m most disturbed by this drawing depicting the JapaneseAm presence as a threat becuz they were seen as terrorists ready 2use🧨 It reflects not just Dr Seuss but wider (white) American fears & readiness 2accept the injustices of internment 4the prospect of “a safer America” https://t.co/BaaorPUxqs

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Bradford Pearson @BradfordPearson
Six days after this Dr. Seuss cartoon ran, FDR signed Executive Order 9066, leading to the forced removal of 120,000 Japanese Americans. Geisel never apologized, only saying decades later that it and other racist cartoons were "embarrassingly badly drawn." https://t.co/BmxW29ZP9R

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The anti-Asian racist imagery of Dr Seuss is personally disturbing becuz I read his stories like “Green Eggs &Ham,” loved it, &even read them2 my own sons not aware of these other works. What is below is not as 1/2 as awful as the Seuss cartoon depicting JapaneseAm internment 😩 https://t.co/hTLz99PpRC

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Give Tara Dublin Josh Hawley’s Book Deal @taradublinrocks
“And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street” (1st published in 1937) was my favorite Dr. Seuss book as a kid. I can still recite parts of it from memory. But looking at it with a modern perspective, it’s impossible to ignore the overt racial stereotypes #DrSeuss https://t.co/TRLWLOdHVp

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@TheRealJoshJipp Wait! When did you leave the @henry_center, let alone get all the way back home😳 You’re like a ninja 🥷

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In reply toJennifer Guo

@jenniferguo @henry_center Thanks 4these encouraging words Jen! We’ll have 2find a way 2meet in person at a conference or some event 😄. Here’s 2hoping 4a F2F meet-up of new friends connected thru the Twitter-verse during these trying pandemic times

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@MattThiessenNT @isaacsoon2 Blessings on your viva @isaacsoon2 ! Confident you will succeed in every way! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

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