1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 My Messy Muse Educator Collaborator, Nicole Mancini, 5th-grade ELA teacher with 17+ years experience, provides her honest opinion about Read Across America Week and how we can change it for the better! &amp;nbsp; Dr. Seuss Books Can Be Racist, But Students Keep Reading Them &amp;nbsp; Is 'The Cat in the Hat' Racist? &amp;nbsp; The Cat is Out of the Bag: Orientalism, Anti-Blackness, and White Supremacy in Dr. Seuss's Children's Books &amp;nbsp; Read Across America &amp;nbsp; You can follow Nicole on Twitter:&amp;nbsp;@MissNikkiIn5th &amp;nbsp; Please join Nicole and other kidlit fans in the free My Messy Muse facebook group www.facebook.com/groups/mymessymuse &amp;nbsp; My Messy Muse http://www.michelemcavoy.com/podcast/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/13302185/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/13302185