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Huckleberry Finn was first published in england December, 1884 and then United States in February, 1885.
"It's a shame that one word should be a barrier between a marvelous reading experience and a lote a readers." -Alan Gribben -
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn book had been removed from a schools Children Room because the teachers said that "not only itched, but scratched," was dirty, had terrible grammar, and "said 'sweat' when he should have used the word 'perspiration.'"
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The book was first rated number 5 in 1990-1999. The novel is not taught as frequently because of this list.
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The Buffalo Public LIbrary in New york took possesion over Huckleberry Finn and made a room in the library to show their appreciation.
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Students in Cherry HIll, NJ started to fail because they refused to do work regarding Huckleberry Finn.
The other students would snicker and stare at the black children in the class.
Parents challenged the book.
The school has dealt with the problems and taken a year to do so.
"[That's] one of the best things that came out of this," - the parent who initially thought the debate would go wrong.
"It has been a win-win for everyone," - Superintendent Richard Levy agrees. -
In 2009, a teacher called to remove Huhckleberry Finn from the school system because of the controversy against the race and the N- word that appears throughout the book.
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The book was dropped to number 14 out of 100 in 2000-2009.
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In 2007 Ibrahim Mohamed, a North Richland Hills, Texas, student, requested the word “nigger” be changed to “the N-word.
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The new edition changes the N-word to slave because of complaints. In the original, the word "nigger" appears more than 200 times (219 times). In the new edition, the n-word is replaced with "slaves" or "injun".
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13% of Americans support Huckleberry Finn and say that the new edition is unnecessary.
71% HISPANICS and 63% BLACKS polled not against the original.
