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The editor was on WPR yesterday discussing this. His main argument was that Twain is being taken out of the classroom solely to his usage of this one word. He contends that the novel is bigger and more important than the 219 uses of 'nigger'. It is mainly for schools that this edition has been published.
No one is suggesting that this book replace the original, as far as I'm aware. It's a way to give kids access to Twain at school. This still allows for discussion in class, if wanted - around the use of the original word, the changing nature of language over time, censorship - and, of course, does not restrict in any way the ability for a student to seek out the original at a later date. I don't see the problem, quite frankly.
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