January 2011
4 posts
RT @nytimes Does One Word Change 'Huckleberry...
My answer…YES.
While I do agree that we should all be culturally sensitive, and I’m certainly not about to go around using the “N-word,” but in the time of Mark Twain, that is what they said. Erasing it from ’Huckleberry Finn’ is erasing a teachable moment for the next generation of children. ‘Huckleberry Finn’ is a piece of literary history
If...