In countless schools across the nation, the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is banned from the reading lists due to its obscenity and racist slurs. Since the novel’s publication, its controversial content has prompted numerous concerned, tenacious parents to protest the book’s placement on school curriculums. Among the list of reasons why they feel the book is unsuitable for children, Twain used the derogatory “N-word” an astounding 219 times (“‘Huckleberry Finn’ and the N-word Debate”). Exposure to this type of language could cause students, especially those of color, to face potential emotional trauma. Furthermore, between 2000 and 2009 the second most common reason why books were challenged was due to offensive language. This is
