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No Justification for the Banning of Huckleberry Finn   Columnist James J. Kilpatrick wrote that Huck Finn is a play book for white boys to read. For black children, I pick out come to realize, it is a brutal slap in the face.  He condemns the book because of its use of the word nigger.  umpteen school districts have banned this book for the same reason.       Since the Civil War, racism has been a very delicate issue with the Ameri sewer public.  Whereas some people have tried to transgress this issue, pretending that race no longer plays a significant role in our country, other people still believe that in that respect are serious racial dilemmas in the United States.  I am one these people.  However, unlike some, I do not believe this problem can be solved by avoiding or sugarcoating the issue of race, as James L. Kilpatrick and several schools appear to be doing.  In the novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain presents an fortuity story filled with deeper meanings and controversial topics, two in particular organism slavery and racism.  Despite the usage of the word nigger and the stereotypical portrayal of African Americans, I do not think schools have any justification in banning this book from reading lists.               Mark Twain wrote Huck Finn during the reconstructive memory period in the south, at a period when most Americans wanted to forget all about the institution of slavery and its consequences.  However, Twain set the time period of this novel prior to the Civil War when slavery was at its peak.  Thus, the racist views he included in the book mirrored the attitudes of most southerners ... ...acist attitudes commonplace in South at this time.  For all those school administrators who say that the language and ideology of Twains writing is offensive, well, maybe Twain wanted to appal people with this novel.  Maybe h e wanted to offend them so much that they would come to the realization that individuals should not conform to societys standards, one of these standards being slavery.  Until someone is offended, status quo doesnt change.  Maybe its about time that we remove the blindfold from our nations youth and stop trying to be politically correct.  Maybe its about time that kids are exposed to the true horror of racism and prejudice so to detour them from repeating ignominious mistakes.  High school students are neither naïve nor stupid they can handle the contents of this novel, and hopefully, learn from Twains messages.