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Old 09-21-2017, 09:47 PM
QueenD QueenD is offline
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I don't use this word, but I think that there is one appropriate context for uttering it - the example of reading it aloud while studying Huckleberry Finn or a similar literary work with a group where it would be normal to read portions of the book aloud.

Huck Finn doesn't include this word on accident. It's there to demonstrate the culture of the time and help readers understand the treatment that was doled out to African Americans in that place and time. I've heard people argue that the word should be replaced in Twains work and I vehemently disagree. many people only begin to understand racism, sexism, and other isms well when they relate to a story, and sanitizing literature does not aid in that process.
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