Huck Finn... censored!

[elder999]

To be frank, I find the idea that someone thinks my sensitivities need some sort of protection from that word far, far more offensive than the word itself.

I get really pissed when my Little Rascals have the rather typical racial humor of the time edited out, too:

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[Blade96]

providing a 'Forward' at the beginning of such books to explain the use of the language at the time and to put them in context, explain why they are historically significant despite terms that might today be offensive.

I have a book about the Beothuk people of Newfoundland and the europeans of the time with offensive words in it (because thats how they thought back then) where the author does just that.

 

[ballen0351]

Most kids reading Huck Finn would be in high school and I’m pretty sure most of these kids have listened to a rap song at some point in their lives. Since most of the rap songs I’ve listened to have that word in it. I think by editing the book your doing a disservice to young kids. They need to know the real meaning of that word and how it was used and only then when they learn the history can they decide if they really want to use that word or not.
It just sucks that now days schools are more worried about being politically correct and getting kids to pass stupid test that don’t teach them anything then actually teaching a kid to think for himself and prepare him for the future.

 

[elder999]

Most kids reading Huck Finn would be in high school

Another indication of how the country is going to hell-that was part of my 6th grade curriculum 40 years ago.....

 

[ballen0351]

Another indication of how the country is going to hell-that was part of my 6th grade curriculum 40 years ago.....

It may be younger I honestly dont remember reading Huck Finn in school. I know I mush have but I just dont rememeber

 

[crushing]

I get really pissed when my Little Rascals have the rather typical racial humor of the time edited out, too:

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So they censored out the word "fried"? The title says "Stymie wants some Fried Chicken", but he wishes simply for "some chicken". He may be dreaming of the lemon chicken piccata his father makes.

 

[MA-Caver]

So they censored out the word "fried"? The title says "Stymie wants some Fried Chicken", but he wishes simply for "some chicken". He may be dreaming of the lemon chicken piccata his father makes.

It's this type of censorship that got me fuming in the first place. If they made that today then okay... SOME chicken instead of FRIED chicken. Back then people written in the stereotype... besides I'm with Stymie... fried chickin is good!"

Are they going to eliminate the episode in M*A*S*H where a white soldier was slowly turned into a black soldier from the prank/lesson brought on to him by Trapper John and Hawkeye when he asked Hawkeye on the operating table to "make sure he got the right color blood... wouldn't want any of that "darkie" stuff in me"... so they sedated him while he was recovering and used a dye that increased in pigment and sponged it on his skin...slowly turning him darker... when he got upset he called for the doctors angrily demanding an explanation, accusing them of using the "wrong colored blood". Both doctors offered him a lunch (that "he'd been asking for all morning") of fried chicken and watermelon.
To drive their point home they told the story of Dr. Charles Drew who invented the separation of blood (Plasma)... and died enroute to another hospital after being rejected by the nearest one, though he was bleeding to death from a car accident... the hospital that rejected him was for "whites only". The M*A*S*H doctors left the soldier lying there on his bed to think it all over.

Wonder if that show will be censored or why not, just ban it altogether for it's ANTI-racial overtones??
There are several other shows that may face censorship ... All In The Family (might be banned altogether) to name one.

Stupid crap like getting offended by the past and altering it shows we've (collectively as a functional society) still got a long way to go.

 

[Bill Mattocks]

Stupid crap like getting offended by the past and altering it shows we've (collectively as a functional society) still got a long way to go.

If you're going to talk about M.A.S.H., you can't ignore the entire controversy around the character of "Spearchucker" Jones in the original books and the movie.

 

[granfire]

It's this type of censorship that got me fuming in the first place. If they made that today then okay... SOME chicken instead of FRIED chicken. Back then people written in the stereotype... besides I'm with Stymie... fried chickin is good!"

Are they going to eliminate the episode in M*A*S*H where a white soldier was slowly turned into a black soldier from the prank/lesson brought on to him by Trapper John and Hawkeye when he asked Hawkeye on the operating table to "make sure he got the right color blood... wouldn't want any of that "darkie" stuff in me"... so they sedated him while he was recovering and used a dye that increased in pigment and sponged it on his skin...slowly turning him darker... when he got upset he called for the doctors angrily demanding an explanation, accusing them of using the "wrong colored blood". Both doctors offered him a lunch (that "he'd been asking for all morning") of fried chicken and watermelon.
To drive their point home they told the story of Dr. Charles Drew who invented the separation of blood (Plasma)... and died enroute to another hospital after being rejected by the nearest one, though he was bleeding to death from a car accident... the hospital that rejected him was for "whites only". The M*A*S*H doctors left the soldier lying there on his bed to think it all over.

Wonder if that show will be censored or why not, just ban it altogether for it's ANTI-racial overtones??
There are several other shows that may face censorship ... All In The Family (might be banned altogether) to name one.

Stupid crap like getting offended by the past and altering it shows we've (collectively as a functional society) still got a long way to go.

It's the same reason why Archy Bunker can still talk about 'Jungle Bunnies' and all the good stuff: In the end he eats his words...