>>>>>http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/01/04/new.huck.finn.ew/index.html
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>>>>Times change.
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>>>>Do you think it's an acceptable word? If you were black would you want to be called that?
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>>>I think it's kind of missing the point Mike - yeah times change - but that's no reason to start changing classic books is it? I think its wrong to just wipe out part of history because someone might be bothered by it. Romeo & Juliet might end up banned because they were teenagers - or maybe the story line will get changed to make it more politically correct...
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>>I wasn't trying to change history. My point was it's not acceptable now.
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>The book wasn't written last week though - so to me it's acceptable.

The language was used specifically to reflect the views and horrifying conditions of the deep south twenty years before the civil war. Without the language, you don't really see and feel the ugliness. That was part of the author's goal. It's why it's considered literature.