“They took nigger out of Huckleberry Finn and replaced it with slave. White people, that's NOT an upgrade.If I'm a nigger i get to go home. If I'm a slave, I have to go with you.” –D. L. Hughley
So the fact that they are rewriting the story of Huck Finn has brought to my attention that this is not all they are rewriting. Apparently the state of Texas has chosen to rewrite some of their history books. (click here) It seems as if they are rewriting history to make white people seem more tolerant. Here’s a thought instead of changing history, change the future. Black people are not as hypersensitive about our race as they would have you believe. Honestly, more times than not, I’ve found the issue of race is brought to the forefront by whites and not blacks. Censorship in any form is horrible. The word “nigger” was used in the book because it was culturally relevant at that time. I seriously doubt at that time that southern whites would have called him “Slave Jim”. If I remember correctly, Jim was escaping, making him no longer a slave. If we are going to go changing things please don’t forget about “Injun Joe” but you don’t hear me though, so whateva nigga……
