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The publishing house of the American book Scholastic has withdrawn the book "The Adventures of Ook and Gluk" after the emergence of secret racism, says the publisher's statement.

The book publisher said in a statement that the decision was made with 22 March together with the author, Dav Pilkey, which is known for the hugely successful children's book series "Captain Underpants."
In his statement, Pilkey said the book was intended to "show diversity.", equality and non-violent conflict resolution. "
"But this week I noticed that the book also contains harmful racial stereotypes and hidden racist images.,Said the author further. "I wanted to take this opportunity to apologize publicly for that. It was both wrong and harmful to readers, friends, to my Asian family and to all Asian people. ”
The book is about friends who "save the world" using kung-fun and principles from Chinese philosophy, yes ai.
Scholastic's decision followed a similar decision by the company Dr. Seuss which earlier this month said it would stop publishing six titles from their series for similar reasons racism. /Mesazhi.com