Part 2: Was Mark Twain a Racist? For over thirty years critics of Mark Twain have called attention to the racial epithets in Huckleberry Finn as an example of the inherent racism of the author. African Americans in particular have objected to the book and in many school districts (most recently in Dallas) have either banned the book or forced the districts to make available alternate literary selections for any objecting student. Was Huckleberry Finn a …showed first 75 words of 1737 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1737 total…Huckleberry Finn was "the best book we've had." And "all American writing comes from that. There was nothing before." It is a tribute to the skill of Mark Twain that his classics are still enjoyed by readers today over 100 years after they were written. Hopefully people will continue to enjoy them for another century or more. [Grateful acknowledgment to Justin Kaplan for quotations found in his excellent book Mark Twain And His World.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**