Huckleberry Finn

We actually talked about this literature change in my Mass Comm class and my professor asked some of the black students what they thought. The overall consensus was that some found that the original writing was offensive, but mostly everyone thought changing the word is like trying to change history. The "N word" wasn't simply used as another way to describe slavery, it was a word to describe the struggle of all African Americans during that time. It was the most degrading word during that time, but over time it has become something to be proud of. African Americans can say it with pride now because it represents the struggle they overcame, but simply replacing the word in the book erases the power they have earned. Changing nigger to slave is like changing Nazi to leader; these words are so well known because of the power behind them, and removing is like I said before, removing history.