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omitting the N-word out of future editions of Huck Finn
Topic Started: Tuesday, 4. January 2011, 01:27 (735 Views)
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huckleberry-finnWhat is a word worth? According to Publishers Weekly, NewSouth Books’ upcoming edition of Mark Twain’s seminal novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn will remove all instances of the “n” word—I’ll give you a hint, it’s not nonesuch—present in the text and replace it with slave. The new book will also remove usage of the word Injun. The effort is spearheaded by Twain expert Alan Gribben, who says his PC-ified version is not an attempt to neuter the classic but rather to update it. “Race matters in these books,” Gribben told PW. “It’s a matter of how you express that in the 21st century.”


http://shelf-life.ew.com/2011/01/03/huckleberry-finn-n-word-censor-edit/

There's another article linked in that one stating that they're making a new version of the bible condensed down to 114 pages. The only thing they had to do was remove all the misogynist and incest.
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This is total bullshit. Nowadays it's not even that big of a deal. Yes, it's a racial slur and personally I don't use it.

But it's like everything else in this world... meaningless and soon will have no use at all aside from being a common word such as any other.
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The people are going too far. I think it's not needed. We all know its past implications.

Simply stupid.
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If this happens, then it's not Huckleberry Finn anymore, and it's not Mark Twain anymore either. They need to keep the language in there in order for it to be the same author. :/
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They have neem trying to do this for years. We had a huge lesson on Huckleberry Finn last year before we read it. Its a huge deal because of the time frame it was written in and where it takes place in.

Also, this should be in media since books are media xD.
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This is stupid...

Is anyone even offended by that word anymore? I know it's frowned upon, and that we shouldn't use it as much, but does it really have that much of an impact?
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Thursday, 6. January 2011, 19:00
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Right as I hit add reply, so it didn't go through. Thanks. :P

Anyways... I don't think this is right at all. The presence of the N word in this novel is showing the culture at the time it takes place in. It wasn't near the racial insult that it is today, and was a way of life. These editors have no right to edit Twain's writing in such a way.

The funny thing about this is that we're in this era in English at school, and we'll read Huck Finn within the next couple of months. haha. I don't think it's a modified version, since the text book it's in was printed about 3-4 years ago.
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Thursday, 6. January 2011, 19:04
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Right as I hit add reply, so it didn't go through. Thanks. :P

Anyways... I don't think this is right at all. The presence of the N word in this novel is showing the culture at the time it takes place in. It wasn't near the racial insult that it is today, and was a way of life. These editors have no right to edit Twain's writing in such a way.

The funny thing about this is that we're in this era in English at school, and we'll read Huck Finn within the next couple of months. haha. I don't think it's a modified version, since the text book it's in was printed about 3-4 years ago.
If it is in a school text book, it probably an abridged version. if its a separate book then you are cool.
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Thursday, 6. January 2011, 19:09
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Right as I hit add reply, so it didn't go through. Thanks. :P

Anyways... I don't think this is right at all. The presence of the N word in this novel is showing the culture at the time it takes place in. It wasn't near the racial insult that it is today, and was a way of life. These editors have no right to edit Twain's writing in such a way.

The funny thing about this is that we're in this era in English at school, and we'll read Huck Finn within the next couple of months. haha. I don't think it's a modified version, since the text book it's in was printed about 3-4 years ago.
If it is in a school text book, it probably an abridged version. if its a separate book then you are cool.
It's only a short snippet of the novel, so they probably just found an area where the n-word isn't present. haha.
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Honestly? I think it's not that big of a deal at all (the word). People use all kinds of horrible language all the fuckin' time. But we still refer to that word as 'The N Word'. How racially suppressed are we that we're, literally, frighted of the word Nigger? I'm tired of it. A word is only as derogatory as the person using it. A bunch of friends joking around and saying 'Fuck you', is much different than being pissed and saying 'Fuck you', because the meaning and tone is different. But this ONE word is so horrible that no one is allowed to use it for fear of fucking prosecution.

What was worse? Slavery, or people saying 'Nigger'? Because, honestly, I'm more worried about 100 years of oppression, and even more of bigotry and slavery, than a god damned word.
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Wouldn't removing it just increase its effect? If you tell people they shouldn't do something then they're just going to feel more powerful when they do use it. Leaving it in the book would prove that people are starting to move past it and that it no longer holds the power it may have once held.

Of course, I can't speak on behalf of the actual target audience for it because I don't know what it feels like to be called something like that. I'd be interested in hearing the account of people who actually are offended by the word and want it removed rather than these people who probably just think it could cause harm.
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Thursday, 6. January 2011, 19:31
Wouldn't removing it just increase its effect? If you tell people they shouldn't do something then they're just going to feel more powerful when they do use it. Leaving it in the book would prove that people are starting to move past it and that it no longer holds the power it may have once held.
Exactly. People will see it as 'Nigger' being a bad word and rather than an accepted term. It simply shows people still fear racism rather than having moved past it.
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Perfect example of censorship gone too far. When I was in school, just a couple years ago mind you, so I don't see how anything has really changed, we were just warned ahead of time that the word was featured in the book. It was more of a heads up than anything, and it was fine. We got through the book without the world ending. Changing it is just wrong.
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it fits the book and its time. let it be.
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That's how I feel. I would never encourage use of the word, but just pretending it was never in the book is wrong, history should be presented as is, and thats how I look at huck finn, a presentation of history. I know it's fiction, I just mean it represents a very real period of time.
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Saturday, 8. January 2011, 15:32
That's how I feel. I would never encourage use of the word, but just pretending it was never in the book is wrong, history should be presented as is, and thats how I look at huck finn, a presentation of history. I know it's fiction, I just mean it represents a very real period of time.
Indeed. Everyone reads the book so no need to take it out.
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I agree with everyone here, so no need for me to post what I think. By the way, I get called a beaner and islander all the time and don't give a fuck.
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Saturday, 8. January 2011, 15:15
Perfect example of censorship gone too far. When I was in school, just a couple years ago mind you, so I don't see how anything has really changed, we were just warned ahead of time that the word was featured in the book. It was more of a heads up than anything, and it was fine. We got through the book without the world ending. Changing it is just wrong.
I dont believe that is censorship. I believe its more of a moderation of the book, but i still dont agree with it. The word isnt wrong for that time frame that it was written.
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Sunday, 9. January 2011, 03:09
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Saturday, 8. January 2011, 15:15
Perfect example of censorship gone too far. When I was in school, just a couple years ago mind you, so I don't see how anything has really changed, we were just warned ahead of time that the word was featured in the book. It was more of a heads up than anything, and it was fine. We got through the book without the world ending. Changing it is just wrong.
I dont believe that is censorship. I believe its more of a moderation of the book, but i still dont agree with it. The word isnt wrong for that time frame that it was written.
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