My Messy Muse Educator Collaborator, Nicole Mancini, 5th-grade ELA teacher with 17+ years experience, provides her honest opinion about Read Across America Week and how we can change it for the better!   Dr. Seuss Books Can Be Racist, But Students Keep Reading Them   Is 'The Cat in the Hat' Racist?   The Cat is Out of the Bag: Orientalism, Anti-Blackness, and White Supremacy in Dr. Seuss's Children's Books   Read Across America   You can follow Nicole on Twitter: @MissNikkiIn5th   Please join Nicole and other kidlit fans in the free My Messy Muse facebook group www.facebook.com/groups/mymessymuse