By John OgdenSep 1, 2015
Rafe Esquith, teaching phenom of fifth-graders at Hobart Elementary School, ran afoul of the school’s administration, initially because of a joke overheard by a colleague. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigSep 15, 2014
What does Mark Twain’s classic outsider hero Huck Finn have to do with the small army of affable manchildren that actor Seth Rogen has played in Judd Apatow films? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 13, 2011
Once we start taking offensive yet instructive language such as nigger out of literature,
as is the case with Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," what's next? Senior Black Correspondent Larry Wilmore peers unflinchingly into . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Marcia Alesan Dawkins / TruthdigJan 7, 2011
If you find this book offensive, don’t buy it or read it. There are plenty of books that none of us have an interest in reading for one reason or another. We don’t rewrite them. We simply choose not to read them.Erasing racial epithets doesn’t erase race or racism. Actually, not talking about the “hurtful epithets” perpetuates racism because we’re never allowed to make corrections. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 5, 2011
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is about to get a major makeover in the form of a significant edit to be made in NewSouth Books’ edition of Mark Twain's iconic novel. Specifically, the notorious n-word will be swapped out for "slave," along with one other race-related alteration. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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