I wholeheartedly agree with Bradley’s argument that the use of the word “nigger” in a literary setting is not hurtful, but instead provides valuable lessons about racism in the past to those reading the novel it is in. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn should continue to be taught in American high schools. Many criticize the novel for its use of the slur “nigger” because it is now recognized to be overwhelmingly inappropriate. However, in the context of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, removing the slur is, in the end, damaging. While slavery in America is a shameful part of this country’s history, it is still a part of it. African American’s were called awful slurs. There cannot be erasure of how African American people were abused, belittled,
