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Old 01-06-2011, 02:39 PM   #67
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Originally Posted by MrsJoseph View Post
The problem is that USA still has a racial problem and the word is still used in it's same form. So what are we teaching our kids? Its ok to call someone "nigger" as long as you don't read about it? Since when is being PC more important than learning the lessons of our past?
Those lessons are important - and, of course, there are other classes to teach them in. However, the issue is that the book is not being taught in schools. And it's due to those 219 words. To have the discussions you argue for, one of 2 things have to happen: have an edition that can be discussed in class, or demand that Twain is put back on the curriculum, warts and all. These are not mutually exclusive, of course. The publisher has just given schools another option.
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