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Originally Posted by Drolefille
So here's a question, for those of us lucky enough to not know the n-word or any other slur/offensive word up to a certain age because we weren't called it, when do you want your kid to find out the word exists? Do you introduce Huck Finn to a kid who's never heard the n-word before? Apply this to the c-word, or to other racial or ethnic slurs too.
Also, the years of teaching Huck Finn haven't exactly erased the current use of it as a slur either, so while that may be the ideal, I'm not sure it's actually successful.
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I don't know how many kids by that age REALLY don't know these offensive words. I think parents would love to think their kids don't know them, but kids hear a lot of things in school, on tv, in music and at the movies. They aren't stupid. Some parents are just too cowardly to talk to their kids about why these words are unacceptable to them and society.
BTW...I loved reading old books from the '50s when I was a kid. It was weird reading how things were different. I see why Judy Blume would want to change her books, though I wasn't allowed to read her books as a kid...too racy. LOL
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