The use of the n-word is widespread in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It has recently created controversy with a new edition of this book that eliminates such language. While certainly politically incorrect, the racists mindsets in the book serve as a window into times gone by. One example occurs when, Huck is talking about a steam boat explosion with Sally.
"'It wasn't the grounding - that didn't keep us back but a little. We blowed out a cylinder-head.' 'Good gracious! Anybody hurt?' 'No'm. Killed a nigger.' 'Well, it's lucky; because sometimes people do get hurt'" (Twain 228).Obviously, this kind of sentiment is viewed today as atrocious. Might there be any ideas in our society that will be viewed the same way 150 years from now?
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