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Originally Posted by icenine
It is great....
but I do not remember Twain using that word to demonstrate that it was deroagtory or wrong....he used it neutral...i.e. it was a part of the character's name. In other words no one was offended by it at the time....
that is how I remember it.
so its use is actually much more damning than say how Tarantino used it in Django. Now people are offended by today...taxpayers who support the local school district with their hard earned cash may be offended by the use....and like anyone else can ask the local school officials to not teach it.
Even if the protagonist of the novel and its theme is non-racist it would still cause considerable offense and controversy in a school district.
That is why schools will not show Django in their districts either.
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Though I liked Django, I'm not sure it's an appropriate film for schools trying to teach kids about slavery. "12 Years a Slave" is far more realistic and historically accurate. No comparison, really.