Fifty years ago students studied all of the classics. When I read ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ the dialect incorporated slave and nigger, it was idiomatic for the era. In 2011 AP wrote: “Huck Finn (‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’) is the fourth most banned book in the US. A controversial new edition would replace 219 references to the ‘N-word’ with ‘slave.’ Historical accuracy vs. censorship?”
Jackson was asked about the ‘N word’ responding: “No? Nobody? None? The word would be…”
Last year only three other books were more banned than Tom Sawyer’s and his no longer included the ‘nigger’ word which the film critic refused to say.
In ’98 an ad ran saying if the GOP was elected black churches would burn to the ground. A few years later Gore told a black congregation the GOP did not want to count their census. Not long after Byrd was interviewed by Hannity and referred to blacks as niggers. The news media followers never whispered in any of the above instances.
Lawsuits were brought against the teaching of the book in schools just like saying God or radical Islamicists. On the other hand times are changing and adapting, contraception is available without parental consent.
Who is getting played in this interview? How does Jackson betray his race?
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Posted on January 4, 2013
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