Not sure how I feel about this one... The curse of political correctness has struck again.Brand spankin' new editions of Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer" plan to replace the N-word with "slave" in a blatant effort to not offend readers.
But what about offending writers? However damaging or insesitive, you can't just CHANGE a writer's work.
Twain scholar Alan Gribben is working with NewSouth Books in Alabama to publish a combined volume of the books in February and says the N-word appears 219 times in "Huck Finn" and four times in "Tom Sawyer."
Gribben tells the Associated Press that he has used "slave" instead of the N-word at public readings and audiences are more accepting.
Isn't that nice?? 'Ol Samuel Clemens must be rolling over in his grave.
Obviously, Twain scholars are in a virtual tizzy and have blasted his decision and Gribben has received a plethora of hate mail that accuse him of destroying one of the greatest literary works in America.
Stephen Railton, a University of Virginia professor and Twain scholar has said Gribben was well respected, but tells the AP that the new version is a terrible idea.
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