With all the “Big Brother” censorship laws being passed, I begin to feel like protesting. Now I read in Publishers Weekly that people want censorship for one of America’s classics. Here is the link:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is being censored for using the “n” word. The article gives good reason why they want to censor the novel. But how much should we change a book to conform to our standards today. The book took place during a time era when race was a big issue. The characters had to deal with slavery. There were all kinds of derogatory words used back in the 1800’s. Should we censor classics so that feelings will not get hurt today? Will the reader still be able to grasp the underlining racial issues?
Sadly I have to say, as an artist, I do not agree with censorship. There is a thing as too much of a good thing is bad. With schools pulling books off the shelves because it has racist words in it and the government censoring the internet I wasn’t too surprised by the next piece of news I heard. A school was trying to decide on a mascot and several kids liked “cougars” but the school board wouldn’t go for it because the word had a dual meaning. So even now the word “cougar” can not be used in schools because it could mean the female teachers are “cougars” to the younger students. How stupid is that?
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Removing words from books is worse changing films and movies because they have the same issue, yet no one does that!
Books like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are classic literature, and should not be altered just because the government is in a panic about racially insensitive words. Is it so hard to explain to a child that the word is not to be used out loud for it is an insult? it sounds a lot like laziness on the education systems behalf to be, not the writer.
as for cougars, a “cougar” was an animal first, a derogatory term for a woman second, banning it in schools for that reason is very stupid
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