Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Huckleberry Finn is Racist. And So Are You.

Let's face it.  No matter how prevalent the evidence is that Mark Twain was violently pro-civil rights, and no matter that Earnest Hemingway himself called the book "the great American novel" which will never be able to be beaten, the thing has the word "nigger" in it.  Therefore, it must be racist.
Wait, what's that?  You say that the word is used in a satiric way in the book, in order to highlight the stupidity of racial profiling and stereotyping?  Well, I guess you must be racist, too.  Anyone who says that the use of the word "nigger" by any but the black community (as long as it doesn't have quotation marks) is okay must be racist.  But you know who isn't racist?  Me.  Because I'm taking a stand against the evils of racism and Huckleberry Finn.
I'm joining with these wonderful people to help create a world without racism.  By contributing my finances to their cause, I'm helping them publish a new edition of Huckleberry Finn, but with all instances of the word "nigger" replaced with the word "robot."  For only $25 you too can get a physical copy of this edition.  Of course, you could just donate $1 and get a downloadable PDF of it, but that would mean that you are a racist.  You would just be a closet racist, for choosing not to get an edition you can proudly display as a symbol of your non-racism.
In short, Mark Twain was racist, and so are you and your whole family.  Unless you donate to the link above.  Then you aren't.  Unless you don't donate enough.  Then you are again, but you at least keep it quiet.

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