Posted on 12/11/2015 7:32:03 PM PST by markomalley
After The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in 1885, the book was boycotted in some places in the United States for portraying friendship between a black man and a white boy.
"In its time, it was derided and censored," said Deborah Caldwell-Stone, deputy director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, which tracks challenges to books.
Today, Mark Twain's classic - about a boy who flees his abusive father and travels down the Mississippi River with an escaped slave - is still sometimes challenged in American schools, but for nearly the opposite reason: its liberal use of the N-word and perceived racist portrayals of black characters.
This week, a Montgomery County school removed Huckleberry Finn from its curriculum after a group of students said the book made them uncomfortable.
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They don’t even teach WWII or VietNam!! You expect them to teach Twain?? What a damned joke.
Liberals have a big problem with reality, whether it be now or ever.
Here’s an idea. Why not let “the churldren” decide if they want to read it or not. According to the commie libs, “the churldren” are a hell of a lot smarter than we are. It’s not rocket science folks!
I need to go to my safe place now.
Libtards love to re-write history.
The Great American Novel.
The kids today hear the “F” word constantly in their entertainment but the use of the word “nigger” bothers them.
Can’t they just read it for it’s historical value and enjoy it? An intelligent discussion explaining why the word is no longer used could take place.
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Ignorance is strength.
Libs are always yammering on about having a dalog about race. Huck Finn is probably one of the best books out there to poke holes in racism and examining race and these little snowflakes feel uncomfortable. Good gravy.
Some of us know it is a story.....a made up account intending to entertain.
Some are not that smart.
And stay away from Elmira, NY, to avoid hearing Twain spinning in his grave.
Buck Finn is the essential hero the orphan who can drink and smoke and stay out all night and doesn’t have to go to school. He fishes and lives in a shack
He says what he thinks. How it comes out is just a matter of words
He has a good heart
Of course they struggle with him
What Samuel Clemons did was humanize the negro. It made people at the time begin to see the negro as a human with feelings just like they had.
The people dissing this book are fools.
This past summer, my wife was clearing our a bunch of old magazines, papers and books. There was one book that caught my eye in the stack of junk getting ready for the trash bin. It just looked old, but in very good condition.
When I opened it, the printing and publishing date read 1885.
It is a First Edition copy of “Huckleberry Finn”.
It’s actually much more than that.
It is children understanding to defend a Negro when it was not politically correct.
Gee whiz. And I had a hard time (unsuccessfully) trying to get my teacher to go over Puddinhead Wilson...
There is a scene where Huck dresses up as a girl in order to gain intelligence...surely kids should be forced to read that chapter so that any “transgender” students can feel validation.
Touche’
I believe it is the first time in American literature when a white character referred to himself and a black man as "us."
It was hugely significant in its day.
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