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Many critics think that Huckleberry Finn is a racist novel, and schools have gone as far as banning the novel. They base this view on the fact that the word “nigger” is used often, and they believe black people are portrayed in a degrading and humiliating manner that portrays them as being inferior to whites. Contrary to this view, Huckleberry Finn is not a racist novel. Mark Twain actually attacks racism by using satire from …

…dealing with literary works such as Huckleberry Finn, and bare in mind that novels such as these are written during socially diverse and challenging times. The novel Huckleberry Finn was not written to support racism but to help society view slavery as an embarrassing period in this country, and to help one realize that African Americans are just as equal as white people. This novel on racism is as relevant now as it was in 1884.