We cats don't know what else to say about the alleged new version of Huckleberry Finn that excises the word "nigger" and substitutes the word "slave."
Truth be told, we felt a tremor when we typed the word "nigger" just now. And you know what? We should have. We believe in that tremor. We don't dare it lightly. That's what Twain meant us to feel when he wrote Huckleberry Finn. It's a loaded word, and a word that we believe Twain wanted us to confront. And overcome. So, how are we meant to do that if the word never appears to begin with?
Anybody who subscribes to a Finn without the n-word is a weenie and an idiot. Include us out.
1 comment:
Excellent point. If we accept this sanitzing of an American classic, soon many great novels will be equally bowdlerized. By the time we're done Scarlett O'Hara will be every bit as sweet as Melanie Hamilton.
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