Racism In The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain

stereotypes there lies the truth behind institutionalized prejudice and its extensive progression. Mark twain includes just enough reality in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for the readers to encounter the truth about racism in society without feeling fear or guilt (Kaye 14). This aspect of the novel allows the readers to have an outside yet close up view of the immense hatred during this time period in order to attempt to establish an understanding of the irrationality of the subject and the prominent need for change. Twain crafted the novel this way in order to both directly and indirectly address the issues of slavery without outright or overly offending any audience.
The unfortunate fact of the matter is, that many of the racist views and beliefs depicted in
Whatever your opinion is on the use of this novel in today’s education system there can be no denying the fact that even today, “racism remains endemic in our society” (Kaye 14). While The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn portrays the reality of a society in one chosen time frame it is not the same as the reality of today's society. Mark Twain portrays a society in which the majority of the inhabitants would be strongly considered obvious and outright racists by people of today’s society. However, today, it resides in a much more grey area. In today’s society not all prejudice and racism is outright, straight forward or cut and dry. Many examples would be overlooked by the average person , whom most likely is not very knowledgable on the topic and does not know what to look for. Whether it is through the justice system, the schooling system, industries, organizations, communities or even everyday recurring racist expressions, stereotypes or assumptions spewing into our society through media, entertainment and television. Media accounts for a large amount of the reinforcement of prejudice beliefs (Durrheim 17). In this era of technology news travels almost