Huckleberry Finn - Racism Deba
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In recent years, there has been increasing discussion of the
seemingly racist ideas expressed by Mark Twain in Huckleberry Finn. In
some extreme cases the novel has even been banned by public school
systems and censored by public libraries. The basis for these
censorship campaigns has ....
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.... without doubt, realize that it is not racist and is even
anti-slavery.
On a superficial level Huckleberry Finn might appear to be racist.
The first time the reader meets Jim he is given a very negative
description of Jim. The reader is told that Jim is illiterate,
childlike, not very bright and extremely superstitious. However, it is
important not to lose sight of who is giving this description and of
whom it is being given. Although Huck is not a racist child, ....
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