If I was a Lit teacher and my class was reading Huck Finn, I would have the students skip over the N-word when reading allowed. I would tell them from the beginning that that is how we were going to do it, regardless of what color students I had in my classroom. Although I am not personally offended by the N-word, I don't think that is a thing that should be said in class. It was created to be an extremely offensive word, and honestly I would never want to say it myself. I know that today the meaning has changed, and has become popular in black culture, as a term of endearment, or show of respect. However, just because the word has changed for some people doesn't mean that it has changed for everyone. It is still seen as, at the very least awkward, but mostly just offensive for white people to call a black person the N-word today.
I really don't think that skipping over a word while people are reading in class could possibly detract from the book. You still see the word. It's there. At that point, I would ask why a person would want an excuse to repeatedly say a cuss word in class?
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