The classics get canceled

Published January 8, 2021 4:00am ET



Classic literature used to be the gold standard in education. Now, it is considered a reminder of our racist, misogynistic past, according to the woke activists attempting to hijack the public school system’s curriculum.

One group in particular, known as Disrupt Texts, has made it its goal to rid the classrooms of classic works and to “create a more inclusive, representative, and equitable language arts curriculum.” No author is safe — not even Dr. Seuss.

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