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10 Reasons Why the Slurs Should Stay in ‘Huck Finn’

Marcia Alesan Dawkins / Truthdig Jan 7, 2011 If you find this book offensive, don’t buy it or read it. There are plenty of books that none of us have an interest in reading for one reason or another. We don’t rewrite them. We simply choose not to read them.Erasing racial epithets doesn’t erase race or racism. Actually, not talking about the “hurtful epithets” perpetuates racism because we’re never allowed to make corrections. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

From ‘Sons of Confederate Veterans’ to Children’s Ears

Staff / Truthdig Oct 21, 2010 A Virginia fourth-grade textbook falsely claims that "Thousands of Southern blacks fought in the Confederate ranks" during the Civil War. The author of the book relied heavily on a pro-Confederacy group she found on the Internet. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Confederacy Isn’t Something to Be Proud Of

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Apr 13, 2010 Slavery wasn't just "a bad thing," as Mississippi Gov Haley Barbour recently said in dismissing it Littering is a bad thing Slavery was this nation's Original Sin, and the revisionists behind Confederate History Month should be ashamed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Sends Rebs a Wreath

Staff / Truthdig May 26, 2009 President Obama decided not to break with White House custom this Memorial Day and sent a wreath to honor the fallen Confederate soldiers who wanted nothing to do with the Union. But he also started a new and long-overdue tradition by honoring the hundreds of thousands of black Americans who fought against the South. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )