Censorship In Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn

In today’s society, many individuals feel that any word deemed slightly offensive must be completely and utterly erased from our dialect. This idea is not only horrifying, but also a direct threat to our democracy and freedom of expression. Censorship is never a good thing, especially in the case of novels like “Huckleberry Finn.” The book has an anti-slavery theme, and the use of the “n-word” was simply to showcase the dialect of the time period. As mentioned in the article from the New York Times, “[the use of] contested language is an opportunity to explore the painful complexities of race relations in this country. To censor or redact books on school reading lists is a form of denial: shutting the door on harsh historical realities — whitewashing