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From Nigger to Slave: The Come Up

Recently, there has been much ado about nothing, in my opinion, concerning the “N” word and Mark Twain’s classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  Because that certain ugly word is used over 200 times in the novel, it is the fourth most banned book in the U.S.  And some politically correct-minded publishers, outraged African Americans, and a host of others want to exchange one dirty word, “nigger,” for another dirty word, “slave.”  Is this the come up? 

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