The N-word

Mark Twain was great write and is credited with writing the greatest American novel of all time but in it he uses the N-word in it 219. Many people have taken offense to this because they feel like this word should never be used in a classroom setting or even discussed . As I disagree with this and think that with it being such a big part of the book that it should be discussed in class and if everyone was okay saying it and where mature enough to realize that it is just a word and that it was the kind of language they used back then