[Hugin]

"The fact that the (word) is used in the novel is disturbing, but it's the job of the teacher to explain why," Berkov said. "The fact that an ugly word appears is no reason at all to ban the book."

What's disturbing is that political correctness is taken to such an extreme the the word "nigger" nowhere appears in this article, even in quotes, when it's appearance in the book is central to the whole controversy. How ridiculous.

[Old Professer]

Why don't we agree to spell it niger and argue over the pronunciation?