Racism In The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

Racism is still a major part of society today. Slavery and racism were the norm in the time period that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn took place. But the book was written to show that black people are human, it showed how Jim changed Huck’s mind on slavery. Even though the point of the book is to show that racism is bad, the book revolved around it. A majority of slaves were uneducated and they were ridiculed for that. For example, Jim spoke with really improper english, and because of that, he was looked down upon. Even educated black people were hated. Pap, Huck’s father, complained that he heard of a black professor, one with money and nice things. The fact that this man was at a higher level than Pap really ticked him off and he