I personally find no reason why Huck Fin should not be taugh in school, or even wy it is considered by some to be a racist book. The book was written by Twain in order to break the chains of racism and show the possibiltiy that lays in our country to turn away frm racism. Twain shows this through the relationship between Jim and Huck. Throughout the book Huck's view of Jim fads from what society has been telling him to think about blacks and how he truly feels in his heart (David Bradley). The way that Twain characaterizes Jim in itself is showing anti-racism by portraying a black for the first time in literature as being humane and having personality. The point of this was to show that skin color doesn't effect your degree of humanity, not remind people of the times when blacks were seen as property as the mother, Kathy Monteiro, felt. While yes I can understand that some people, especically blacks, would get offended with the use of the "n-word" but why should it matter when the book is writting in support of the people who are refered to as "the-word." As David Bradley stated in the movie, it is not the book that brings up problems of racism and offense to the "n-word" but the already existing feelings of the audience. People fail to see past a simple word and in doing so fail to see the true moral story behind the book which greatly outweighs the use of an offensive name. Most students are aware of the term and know that it is not an acceptable word to be using, by reading Huck Fin they are not going to begin thinking that using "the n-word" is acceptable. You can't hide what happened in history and by sheltering future generations from the true facts whether they be good or bad, you risk the fact of kids exploring these facts by themselves which could lead to misunderstandings and inappropraite use of offensive names that every race has.