Dr. Cornel West - "Mark Twain is our greatest comic writer. Our greatest literary genius. Why would we want to deodorize the funk in his classic? Keep the funk there. Wrestle with it. Learn how to teach the text. Learn how to put it in historical context. - 'Real Time with Bill Maher' on the decision by publishers to remove the n-word from 'Tom Sawyer' and 'Huckleberry Finn'.
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2 comments:
Well said. Obviously a man who puts intelligence and reason before knee-jerk reactions.
He is just about my favorite modern day thinkers and intellectuals.
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