[Ditto]

Those "slurs" were the beginning of the civil rights movement. Twain opposed slavery and hated the Jim Crow world that came after. He used Huck, Jim and the language of his age to show how brutal it could be and to show how 'Niggers' like Jim were Gods children too, just as Huck was. It was a powerful and influential book and to change the language is to destroy Twain's work.

Editing Twain's words is no different than editing King's speeches -- but that is probably on the PC police agenda as we speak. After all, King did use the word 'Negro' a lot.

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"All right, then, I'll go to hell!" -- Huck Finn

[Billthedrill]

All right, then, I'll go to hell!

The seven most powerful words in all of American literature, IMHO. BTT.

[DBrow]

“It was a powerful and influential book and to change the language is to destroy Twain’s work. “

Or change Twain’s work.

Hmm, maybe to help keep the Democrat Plantation delivering reliable votes? In precincts with 99 or even 105% turnout, all Dem?