The editor calls it more of an “updating” than censorship. But it’s hard to believe that stripping a classic novel of over 219 offensive words is anything but.
Auburn University Prof. Alan Gribben is working on a new edition of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom Sawyer,” replacing N-word with “slave,“ ”Injun” with Indian, “half-breed” with half-blood in an effort not to offend readers.
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