It’s a sad day when political correctness trumps classic literature.
You can say Nigga in popular culture, but not the word that ends with -er. WTF is the diff?
What about N***** Jim? I always thought he was a good guy. He helped Huck survive on the island and kept him from seeing the dead guy in the floating house.
I love Sam Clemens. If I ever had kids I would have given all of them the middle name Langhorne.
Yes, it is. Leave his books alone.
Back then, the slur didn’t carry all the baggage that it does today.
I think it is important to maintain a historical frame of reference, otherwise people won’t realize that that things changed over time.