Who’s Afraid of Huckleberry Finn?
The 19 January Los Angeles Times ran an article entitled u2018Teacher Wants to Expel Huck Finn,’ with the tag line: "An African-American is about to be inaugurated as president. That leaves John Foley to wonder whether students should still read books that depict black men as ignorant, inarticulate, and uneducated." Teacher Foley is quoted as having "a lot of passion" for Huckleberry Finn. His complaint is that every year the book "seems a tougher sell to the kids." That is likely as valid as the complaint that every year, nourishment seems a "tougher sell" to kids. Yet there remain miscreants … Continue reading Who’s Afraid of Huckleberry Finn?
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