Mark Twain And Racism
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is an excellent
example of racism in literature, because it uses language describing
African Americans which goes beyond satire. It treats them as objects and
perpetuates stereotypes. It does not expose and deal with racism, as many
advocates of i ....
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.... ways. While he might criticize white
people's actions, he never lumps them together, attributing similar
characteristics to all of them by the use of a term like "nigger." By doing
this, he is also offending about 15% of the United States population. Every
character in the book is racist, even Huckleberry himself. With such lines
as: "Here was this nigger, which I had as good as helped run away, coming
right out flatfooted and saying he would steal his children-children that
belonged to a man ....
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