New Version of "Huckleberry Finn" Removes the "N" Word

[Bailey]

So, considering the frequency of said word in the book, what have the used instead, I wonder?

B.

[c.d.]

As reported Monday by Publishers Weekly, Mark Twain’s classic “Huckleberry Finn” will be republished by NewSouth Books without the ‘N word.’

Twain scholar Alan Gribben and NewSouth Books felt this change allowed the book to be more acceptable to a 21st century audience and less hurtful. Though Gribben -- English professor at Auburn University at Montgomery -- says this is not an effort to render the book colorblind.

Are you ******* kidding me!!!!!!!!

In the immortal words of John McEnroe "you cannot be serious."

c.d.