What is the controversy surrounding 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' by Mark Twain?

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Some people believe this book to be racist. I don't believe it to be racist, even though I am black. I believe this book is simply using the dialogue that was used at the time that it was written. It wasn't Mark Twain's fault that America was the way that it was when he wrote the book.

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I'm not black. I think the book is controversial because it is not racist. The slaves and other non-white characters are shown as being just people. Huck and Jim's quest to find Jim's family that had been sold "down the River" stabs your heart, not because he's black but because he is a father and a husband.

The concern about language and "N-words" are smokescreen reasons for banning a book that promotes humanity

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