The new edition of Mark Twain's classic novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn will remove all instances of the 'n' word and injun. The edit makes sense because you can't change history, but, you sure can search and replace the embarrassing parts and hope everyone forgets.
Alan Gribben, a Mark Twain expert, spearheaded the initiative to take the words out of the book saying he was inspired by the book Tom Sawyer, and Sawyer's efforts to whitewash his surroundings. This effectively shows that being a Mark Twain expert doesn't require an understanding of anything Mark Twain wrote.
Proponents of the change say that the way in which words are expressed needs to be updated for the 21st century. Other updates for the 21st century they hope to accomplish include, 2084, A Holiday Carol, One Flew Over the Mentally Unstable's Nest, and Moby Penis.
via CNN
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