While Publisher NewSouth Books is attempting to get "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" back on library shelves and in classrooms by publishing a new version that removes the controversial "n-word" and replaces it with the word "slave," Gabriel Diani and Etta Devine believe it should be replaced with the word "robot"-- so they've set out to make their own. Why robots? They're "in" right now and statistically, people prefer robots to the word "n-word." But don't take my word for it, read more about their Kickstarter project that's already raised over $13,000 of their $6,000 goal.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
And the Huck Finn controversy continues
While Publisher NewSouth Books is attempting to get "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" back on library shelves and in classrooms by publishing a new version that removes the controversial "n-word" and replaces it with the word "slave," Gabriel Diani and Etta Devine believe it should be replaced with the word "robot"-- so they've set out to make their own. Why robots? They're "in" right now and statistically, people prefer robots to the word "n-word." But don't take my word for it, read more about their Kickstarter project that's already raised over $13,000 of their $6,000 goal.
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