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Originally Posted by knight_shadow
Extremely random, but this reminded me of the times when we read these books in middle (HF) and high (TKAM) school.
I lived in Bel Air, MD during middle school, and I was one of like 4 black people in this 1,400+ student school. When we started reading Huck Finn, the teacher gave this huge disclaimer about the word's usage ("k_s, I'm SO sorry you have to hear this word, but..."). When students would read out loud, they usually paused and wanted me to say the word lol
In high school, we read TKAM individually and then watched the movie as a group. My 9th grade center was lot more diverse, but there weren't many black folks in my English class. Every time "colored" or any other similar word was dropped, everyone turned to look at me to make sure I was OK.
I agree that folks should recognize that context is important.
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@ the bolded, i had a similar experience, discussing Don Imus' remarks a few years back. A white classmate slid me a note asking me if it was "okay if she used the word 'nappy' as long as it was in context."
is the look i gave her back. it was more
Whatever comments she wanted to make during that class, she refrained. But everytime the word was used, looks were dated back and forth in the classroom.
:back to OT, as i could easily see this blowing up into GC Race War X:
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