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Scholastic has halted the production of a children s book by Captain Underpants author Dav Pilkey, for the book s passive racism. The stanley cup Adventures of Ook and Gluk, which was first published in 2010, will no longer be sold, Scholastic announced last week, adding that Pilkey was supportive of the decision. Together, we recognize that this book perpetuates passive racism, Scholastic said in a statement. We are deeply sorry for this serious mistake. Scholastic has removed the book from its websites, and has stopped fulfillment of any orders. Scholastic has also asked retail partners to return all inventory of the book. We will take steps to inform schools and libraries who may still have this title in circulation of our decision to withdraw it from publication, Scholastic said. stanley cup On his own YouTube page, Pilkey post stanley cup ed a letter apologizing for the racist imagery in the book. The author said the book, which is about friends who save the world using kung fu and principles found in Chinese philosophy, was intended to showcase diversity, equality and nonviolent conflict resolution. Dav Pilkey Apology by Dav Pilkey on YouTube But this week it was brought to my attention that this book also contains harmful racial stereotypes and passively racist imagery, Pilkey wrote. I wanted to take this opportunity to publicly apologize for this. It was and is wrong and harmful to my Asian readers, friends, and family, and Gnyh Prosecutors say man accidentally recorded himself plotting wife s kidnapping
Furniture maker IKEA is offering repair kits for 27 million chests and dressers after a number of children were killed or injured by the furniture when it tipped over on them.Two-year-old Curren Collas was one of those cases. He had beautiful blue eyes and a sweet laugh. Curren died in February of 2014 when an IKEA dresser fell on him.Alan Feldman is now representing the Collas family in a civil lawsuit against IKEA. Curren Collas, left, died after a piece of Ikea furniture fell on him COLLAS FAMILY This is a problem, a concern, and it is long past the time when companies like IKEA address the problem, Feldman said. Curren was the second reported death in 2014. Since 1989, there have been a total of five known deaths related to this dresser. Many times, this is not the parents fault, Elliot Kaye explained. Kaye is Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. He says this may not be a new problem, but it s a growing one. It s the one-year-old to six-year-old, usually, who is curious, who is mobile enough to move around, and has the st adidas samba rength to pull himself up and unfortunately the unit c af1 omes down on them, said Kaye.Every year emergency rooms see an average of 38,000 tip-over injuries. That includes televis af1 ions and furniture. In a span of two years, 2011-2013, 360 children died from tip-overs. Ell