Yep...to her it was the outrageous constant referral to Jim by the dreaded N word. In my paper I pointed out that Jim is the strongest and most level-headed character in the novel, and *gasp*, the N word wasn’t considered as horrific an insult in those days as today.
Well I knew that would burn her up...but that’s liberals for you. Constantly living to be offended and outraged, no interest in logic or reasoning.
And even if it was, it's the term that the characters in that setting would have used.