It is not often I get to steal an entire post from a webcomic, but here it is:
so in case you haven’t heard, there’s a new edition of the adventures of huckleberry finn that removes the n-word and the word “injun” and replaces them with “slave” and “indigenous, valuable american we will always honor” respectively
a lot of people are mad that this totally guts a lot of the punch of the original; after all that’s what the language was and it’s a painful reminder of how we used to think about other cultures
but what does mark twain care, he’s dead and no longer with us, his opinion has every little impact on today’s america oh wait what’s this
Publisher's Weekly also has an article. Them and just about every other book-related site out there.
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