You've probably read where the "n" word, often used to describe the character "Jim" in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is going to be scrubbed from the books. Well...One group is taking it a step further.
Famous writer Ernest Hemingway once hailed "Huck Finn" as being "the best book we've ever had." We agree with him-even if he did drink too much.
But this classic novel has been banned from many schools and libraries ever since it's first publication, originally because it portrayed the African American character Jim as being human and now because of the book's use of the word "n-word" over two hundred times.
Publisher NewSouth Books is attempting to get the book back on library shelves and in classrooms by publishing a new version that removes the controversial word "n-word" and replaces it with the word "slave."
Critics are calling this "censorship" and "whitewashing of history." We call it "not far enough."
Robots instead of N-bombs: Statistically, people prefer robots to the word "n-word." The word "n-word" is ugly and pejorative. Robots are fun and cool...even when they're trying to take over our world! So we've decided to take the word "n-word" out of Mark Twain's classic and replace it with "robot."
Frankly...I find the word "robot", in this context, equally offensive. May I suggest the term "Mechanical-American"?
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