{"id":12893,"date":"2020-07-20T13:34:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T05:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/?p=12893"},"modified":"2020-07-20T13:34:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T05:34:26","slug":"spore-libraries-removed-racist-book-after-complaint-by-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/12893\/spore-libraries-removed-racist-book-after-complaint-by-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"S&#8217;pore Libraries Removed Racist Book After Complaint By Reader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8651\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/After-Complaint-By-Reader.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12898\" src=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/After-Complaint-By-Reader.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/After-Complaint-By-Reader.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/After-Complaint-By-Reader-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/After-Complaint-By-Reader-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/After-Complaint-By-Reader-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/After-Complaint-By-Reader-1170x614.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/After-Complaint-By-Reader-585x307.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>S&#8217;pore Libraries Removed Racist Book After Complaint By Reader<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8647\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/1a-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"849\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12894\" src=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1a-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1a-18.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1a-18-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1a-18-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1a-18-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1a-18-1170x828.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1a-18-585x414.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, on July 19. After a complaint was lodged by a library patron on a children&#8217;s book in Chinese whereby it is racist has resulted from the National Library Board (NLB) to remove the book from its shelves. Thanks to the quick response from NLB that due to the recent issue of racial and racist scenes happening globally it is necessary for these actions to be taken.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8648\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/2a-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"849\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12895\" src=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2a-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2a-19.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2a-19-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2a-19-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2a-19-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2a-19-1170x828.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2a-19-585x414.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This book was published in 2018 by Marshall Cavendish Education and it is a part of series of 5 <a class=\"thirstylink\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Kinokuniya\" href=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/go\/kinokuniya\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">books<\/a> in which the title is Amazing Adventures of Pi Pi which are targeting the children at age seven to nine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8649\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/3a-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1708\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12896\" src=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3a-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3a-18.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3a-18-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3a-18-719x1024.jpg 719w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3a-18-768x1093.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3a-18-1079x1536.jpg 1079w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3a-18-1170x1665.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3a-18-585x833.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The patrons mentioned that she has borrowed the book from Bedok Library on Thursday and she notices that the book is sort of racist due to the contrast to all the other characters who are depicted as fair-skinned and mentioning the sole dark0skinned characters irredeemably nasty.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8650\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/4a-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1778\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12897\" src=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4a-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4a-12.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4a-12-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4a-12-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4a-12-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4a-12-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4a-12-1170x1734.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4a-12-585x867.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Guess NLB quick act after discovering this is very important as children are taught at a young age and all this negativity will be planted in their mind if aren&#8217;t thought in the correct way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/umm.yusof.3\/posts\/3228965383837659\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S&#8217;pore Libraries Removed Racist Book After Complaint By Reader Yesterday, on July 19. 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