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When The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was originally published, people were not much disturbed by Mark Twain's use of n*gger, let alone injun, terms that have been replaced by slave and Indian in the latest bowdlerization of the Adventures, this one edited by an Auburn professor, Alan Gribbin, and released by NewSouth Books.
Hugh Rawson: Mark Twain's Language: "Bad" Words Then and Now Hugh Rawson 2011
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When The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was originally published, people were not much disturbed by Mark Twain's use of n*gger, let alone injun, terms that have been replaced by slave and Indian in the latest bowdlerization of the Adventures, this one edited by an Auburn professor, Alan Gribbin, and released by NewSouth Books.
Hugh Rawson: Mark Twain's Language: "Bad" Words Then and Now Hugh Rawson 2011
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I've seen some really colorful epithets in the past four days, but 'n*gger f*ckhead ghetto stick' is probably the one that takes the cake.
Questlove: Racist Epithets Fired At Me After Bachmann Intro Music On 'Fallon' 2011
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Professor Gribbin has said that he believes the substitution of slave for n*gger will make it easier for teachers to teach the book.
Hugh Rawson: Mark Twain's Language: "Bad" Words Then and Now Hugh Rawson 2011
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Accurately reflecting the everyday speech of people in the Mississippi valley in the 1840s, the text of Huckleberry Finn includes more than 200 instances of n*gger.
Hugh Rawson: Mark Twain's Language: "Bad" Words Then and Now Hugh Rawson 2011
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Una Clarke, a city councilwoman from Brooklyn, was stopped by an off-duty copy with a beer in his hand who said to his sidekick: "This n*gger says she's a member of the City Council."
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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WCBC-TV camerman John Haygood was called a n*gger.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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Una Clarke, a city councilwoman from Brooklyn, was stopped by an off-duty copy with a beer in his hand who said to his sidekick: "This n*gger says she's a member of the City Council."
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WCBC-TV camerman John Haygood was called a n*gger.
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Accurately reflecting the everyday speech of people in the Mississippi valley in the 1840s, the text of Huckleberry Finn includes more than 200 instances of n*gger.
Hugh Rawson: Mark Twain's Language: "Bad" Words Then and Now Hugh Rawson 2011
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