Although I feel Huckleberry Finn can have a place in education, I do feel that some common sense should be applied. It would be unwise to present it to people who are too young to grasp the irony and satire, and it would be unwise in certain circumstances where the book's intended message would be misinterpreted or create a disruption.
For what it's worth,
Stephen Colbert has tweeted his 2¢ worth:
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It's great that they took the N-word out of "Huckleberry Finn." Now get to work on "Moby D-Word."
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