The removal of a mural showing a classic illustration from the Dr. Seuss museum in Springfield is a sad example of how surrendering to the forces of emotional hypochondria leads to irrelevance.
In October, three children's authors cancelled a scheduled joint appearance at The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum because a mural from Dr. Seuss's 1937 book And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street showed an image from the book of a Chinese man wearing a traditional hat eating noodles from a bowl with chopsticks.
Three children's authors objected to the original mural at the museum in Springfield, Massachusetts, showing a Chinese man in a traditional peasant hat eating noodles with chopsticks from a bowl, taken from Dr. Seuss's 1937 book And To Think That I Saw it On Mulberry Street. Museum officials decided to go with safer images from Dr. Seuss instead, although Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno called the decision "political correctness at its worst."
