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Originally Posted by donquixote99
Tom Sawyer fine for 5th or 6th Graders. Huck Finn for senior year HS.
'Nigger' or any other ward is not magic. But it exists, and it's a marker for some heavy stuff in the culture. Used with intent it's a bad insult, but that's anything but a reason to make the word itself into a big hairy taboo. Huck Finn opens a way for kids to spend some time thinking about all that.
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well
are some wanting it taught because its a great book?
or are some wanting it taught because it uses the n word.
that is the context facing a school board