Parker/Spitzer: Revisionist History

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a book by Mark Twain, first published in England in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Considered as one of the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written in the vernacular, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, a friend of Tom Sawyer and narrator of two other Twain novels (Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective).

The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Satirizing a Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist about twenty years before the work was published, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an often scathing look at entrenched attitudes, particularly racism.

The work has been popular with readers since its publication and is taken as a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It has also been the continued object of study by serious literary critics. It was criticized upon release because of its coarse language and became even more controversial in the 20th century because of its perceived use of racial stereotypes and because of its frequent use of the racial slur "*****".[2][3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of...

Unbelieveable,

'*****' is a word that should not be used in 2011

but 'slave' is a better word for it in 2011

so did ***** or slave come first?

Brother Steve,
For some reason, I can't view the video clip. Do you have a link?

Here's the link Jen:
http://parkerspitzer.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01...

Robert,

It's interesting to note the word has its origin in the belief of race, which is here as virtually everywhere, still used indiscriminately as if it were a scientific fact. In this case Negro (race) being corrupted first by the southern pronunciation. But it was the race that became the pejorative, before this particular spelling of the word.

So why do so many people still believe in race, when it has caused so much harm? I think we should refer to it as the R-word.

ABSOLUTELY

"whiteRace, blackRace"------in my opinion is More Caustic than BOTH ***** and slave.

Hopefully this will contribute some much needed proper education in our country, about our country's past, present that can only lead to a better future. (smile)