Tuesday, January 4, 2011

“What the Huck?”

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/01/new-edition-of-huck-finn-loses-the-n-word/1

In a new edition of the classic Mark Twain book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the “n-word” is being replaced with the word “slave.” The move is angering historians, literature buffs, and especially S&M fetish slaves.

In order to remove offensive language, the editor will replace all instances of the n-word, as well as a slang term for Indians, and of course, words that sound like a curse, such as “Huck.”

The goal is to teach that back in the 1800’s everyone treated each other with equality, respect, and dignity.

Since the book is being modernized anyway, all instances of the word “woman” will be replaced with the word “ho.”

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