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Originally Posted by Iphinome
I have to admit I don't really understand this, Huck Finn isn't just a story but also a description of a time and place. The attitudes on race are a reason why you teach the book, hey look we don't do this anymore and this is part of why.
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The old bit about "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." applies to all of this old literature. If all the classics were to be sanitized, there'd be a lot less to learn, discuss, and compare.