I find the desire to scrub history free of
offensive content disheartening and counter productive to learning about
history. For example, taking the word nigger out of Huck Finn or the
internment camps out of WW2 history discussions or Trail of Tears out of
the conversations about settling the west. What do you think? Is it
beneficial to sanitize?
What inspired the conversation:
http://www.theoakleafnews.com/opinion/2012/05/15/is-the-n-word-appropriate-for-history-classes/
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