Well, it just happens to be his birthday on the same day as Read Across America, and so it kind of is his day in a sense. Most elementary teachers have read his books on this day and many teachers dress up as the Cat in the Hat and even Michelle O got into the act, so you don't know what you are talking about.
It still shouldn't matter. If I assualt a black mna or a white man or anyone else, the penalty should be the same. We need to enforce the laws on the books, that is the problem.