Huckleberry Finn - Racism Deba
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In recent years, there has been increasing discussion of the
seemingly racist ideas expressed by Mark Twain in Huckleberry Finn. In
some extreme cases the novel has even been banned by public school
systems and censored by public libraries. The basis for these
censorship campaigns has been the depiction of one of the main
characters in Huckleberry Finn, Jim, a black slave. Jim, is a
"typical" black slave who runs away from his "owner" Miss Watson. At
several points in the novel, Jim's character is described to the
reader, and some people have l ....
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