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| Since The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published in January 1885, it has always been in trouble. It is considered the one book from which all modern American literature came, but was condemned in Mark Twain's time as coarse and vulgar and it was banned from the shelves of the Concord Public Library. Still controversial today, many school districts across the country have banned it from their curriculum for being racist. Unsurprisingly, this is nearly always at the insistence of those who have never even read the book. It is also no surprise that so many students have read it just to see what those guardians of their morals have found so offensive. |
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| Take a look at some of the current debates raging across the country regarding Huck Finn's use in the classroom. |
| Is Huck Finn a racist book? |
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