In the world we live in, racism has always been a big issue. It was hundreds of years ago, and it still is today. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a novel written by Mark Twain, should not be taught in schools, as it brings up controversial issues such as racism that we should not teach our children about. Although we should not ignore racism, we shouldn 't advertise it to our children in a way that justifies it. It may have been okay in that era, but it isn 't today. The book portrays that racism is okay, and showing our children that it was once okay may allow them to believe it is still okay today, which in no way it is. Jim and Huck in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were similar in some ways, but only in the sense that they …show more content…
The book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has many questionable quotes that targets slaves with racism. In the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a commonly referred to quote is, “ 'Good gracious! Anybody hurt? ' 'No 'm killed a nigger. ' 'Well, it 's lucky; because sometimes people do get hurt.’" This conversation shows how slaves and people of color were treated at the time. Although this conversation wouldn’t be allowed or tolerated in society today, it shouldn’t even be allowed to exist. The idea of this ever being said and meant is sickening, and we shouldn 't have our impressionable youth exposed to something so awful. Something so horrible should not be taught in schools. Future generations should not be influenced by anything like this, so it shouldn 't …show more content…
Many people saw the racism in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and almost felt personally targeted. Julius Lester is one of them. In his piece "Morality and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," Lester comes off as opinionated and close minded. He hates racism and feels targeted by it. Although he is an extremist, his points about racism in Huckleberry Finn are valid. He talks about Tom wanting to help Jim escape, but doing it for his own enjoyment since Jim was already free. This was an awful thing to do on Tom’s part. It shows racism and how Jim being black and a slave, former or not, makes him less of a person. Lester acknowledges this, as in the book it was ignored to an extent. Tom should have been punished, as what he did was awful and inhumane. However, nothing was done. In the world today, something would most likely have been done. Still, we shouldn 't let it be believed that something like this is acceptable, as in the book it was brushed off as being okay. Do we want our children to believe that it’s okay to do such things? As a society, we need to let our youth, the future of our societies, know that racism is