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"Huckleberry Finn" and the N-word

Name: "Huckleberry Finn" and the N-word
Uploaded: 2011-03-20T22:02:20-0400
Duration: 12 min 16 s
Description: A publisher's sanitized edition of "Huckleberry Finn" that replaces the N-word with "slave" over 200 times is the focal point for a debate on the use of the controversial word in American society. Byron Pitts reports.

A publisher's sanitized edition of "Huckleberry Finn" that replaces the N-word with "slave" over 200 times is the focal point for a debate on the use of the controversial word in American society. Byron Pitts reports.