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Huckleberry Finn

Running Head : WHY MARK TWAIN IS NOT A RACIST

Why Mark Twain is not a Racist

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Why Mark Twain is not a Racist

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The debate over Mark Twain 's racist remarks in his most controversial novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ' is still widespread today His frequent use of the word nigger ' to refer to the African-American slaves in the novel has brought much concern towards the black community . It has become a common ground for Twain critics to dismiss him as

a racist who boldly stereotypes the African-American slaves in history as illiterate and superstitious . However , these claims are merely based on superficial interpretations of the novel . Most of the people who regards Twain as a racist just plainly looked at the constant usage of the offensive word nigger ' and ignored the fact that is used to emphasize how wrong and hypocritical the inferiority of the black community in the past is

Mark Twain is not a Racist

Many educational institutions nowadays have banned the teaching of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ' by Mark Twain . In Peaches Henry 's article , she states that Black protesters , offended by the repetitions of "nigger " in the mouths of white and black characters , Twain 's minstrellike portrayal of the escaped slave Jim and of black characters in general , and the negative traits assigned to blacks , objected to the use of Huck Finn in English courses (Henry , 1992 ,

.28 . The classic and greatest novels of all time have...

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