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*LeBar Burton appeared on Monday’s episode of “The View,” where he and Meghan McCain dished about the controversy over Dr. Seuss and how the cancel culture movement pushed to have six of the popular children’s books banned due to racist imagery. “What do you think of that decision and about the cancel culture surrounding works of art or artists that are controversial?” McCain asked. “I think it’s misnamed,” Burton said about the term “cancel culture.” “That’s a misnomer. I think we have a consequence culture, and that consequences are finally encompassing everybody ...

Star-Trek actor Levar Burton said to Meghan McCain on Monday’s episode of “The View” that he believes “cancel culture” is “misnamed” and used the term “consequence culture” to keep people accountable.

Meghan McCain’s bait to criticize the decision of the estate of Dr. Seuss to pull six books – a move that provided days-long fodder for the culture–wargrievancemachine – and also offered his take on “cancel culture” of artists she called “controversial.” “I love Reading Rainbow,” McCain began, referencing the iconic show that Burton hosted for 26 years. “I watched Reading Rainbow my whole life, and I’ve already started my daughter watching it. It’s a completely timeless show, you should continue doing it and host Jeopardy!” “We have talked on the show about t...

Updated 1 hour ago Levar Burton Schools Meghan McCain On 'Cancel Culture' "I think we have a consequence culture, and that consequences are finally encompassing everybody in this society," the "Reading Rainbow" host explained. Meghan McCain attempted to bait Levar Burton into a debate about “cancel culture” during Monday’s episode of “The View,” but the “Reading Rainbow” host turned it into a teachable moment. It started when McCain asked Burton about the decision Dr. Seuss Enterprises made in March to cease publishing six children’s books because of racist and insensitive i...

11:35am EST| How Much Have The Culture Wars Earned Dr. Seuss This Year? As It Turns Out, A ‘Whole Awful Lot’ Share to Linkedin Copies of “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street”, “If I Ran the Zoo” and “McElligot's Pool”—three of the books by Dr. Suess that will no longer be published. Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group via Getty Images “They say I’m old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!” So wrote Dr. Seuss, the beloved children’s author whose decades-old writing crashed into the...