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The Controversy of Race in Huckleberry Finn

The Controversy of Race in Huckleberry Finn. The Power of a Word. Q. What do you call a black man with a Ph.D.? A. Nigger. --Malcolm X. “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—it is the difference between the lightning and the lightning bug.”

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The Controversy of Race in Huckleberry Finn

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  1. The Controversy of Racein Huckleberry Finn

  2. The Power of a Word Q. What do you call a black man with a Ph.D.? A. Nigger. --Malcolm X “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—it is the difference between the lightning and the lightning bug.” --Mark Twain

  3. In 2011, professor Alan Gribben from Auburn University in Montgomery, Alabama produced a version of Huck Finn that replaced the 219 occurrences of the “n-word” with the word “slave.” After watching the 60 Minutes clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9-qee1m9o) addressing this publication, respond to the following: • What from the 60 Minutes clip or New York Times articles did you agree and/or disagree with, or find particularly interesting or insightful? • Should Twain’s original language be preserved in Huck Finn? How should this language be handled in the context of a classroom?

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