Banning Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn tells of a young boy and his adventures with a slave named Jim. It is the blunt retelling of slavery which causes the book to be banned from many public schools for fear of being offensive. The setting for this controversial tale is the deep south when slavery was at its height. It is here that we meet Jim, a slave on the verge of being sold to another man who …

…piece of history. But if we censor it how are we doing our duty to our future progeny? If we don't even know it happened and was evil, how can we make sure it does not ever reoccur? We must remember our failings just as well as our successes, if for the only reason that we must stand as guardians to make sure the enemy of slavery never again broaches the gates of our society.