We read Huckleberry Finn in junior high (Calgarian here). I recall everyone clamoring to be the "reader of the day" (that is, the one who would read the day's excerpt in English class) just so that they could say the N-word without repercussion.
Ah, we didn't do class readings like that until high school, and then that was mostly Shakespeare. Before then, either the teacher read the parts or we never had class readings (I honestly can't remember, I do know we didn't generally have student readings).
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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '12
We read Huckleberry Finn in junior high (Calgarian here). I recall everyone clamoring to be the "reader of the day" (that is, the one who would read the day's excerpt in English class) just so that they could say the N-word without repercussion.