For example, Huck says, "Miss Watson's nigger, Jim, had a hairball as big as your fist-(17). Huck's feelings toward Jim seem like how he feels about every other slave because of the fact that he calls him "Miss Watson's nigger". ... Furthermore, during their trip down the river, Huck gets lost, but comes back and plays a little joke on Jim - "En when I wake up en fine you back ag"in, all safe en soun; de tears come, en I could "a" got down on my knees en kiss yo" foot I was so thankful"(86). ... Huck fails to notice that everything is not always a joke. ... For example, Huck...

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Profanity and homosexual jokes and references can be found multiple times in the novel. An example of a homosexual joke is when Junior goes to give Rowdy a cartoon and his father answers the door. ... A boy named Roger asked Junior if he wanted to hear a joke and Roger says, "'Did you know that Indians are living proof that niggers fuck buffalo?...

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Jem and Scout had been brought up by Atticus to believe in fairness to people, regardless of their race or colour "Do you defend niggers, Atticus?" "Of course I do. don't say nigger, Scout. ... This was fun for them, talking with friends, having lunch, and joking. ...

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She went to the only dentist in Stamps but he wouldn't treat her cause he said, "He would rather stick his hand in the mouth of a dog than the mouth of a "nigger." She is then scared when Bailey is locked up with a dead body as a bad joke. ...

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People with severe cases are usually the subject of many jokes and even outcast by their disorder. ... When Michael is introduced to an African-American, he cannot stop himself from exclaiming, "Nigger!"...

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In Travels With Charley, John Steinbeck travels with his poodle in his camper across America to discover his country and validate his status as an American author. On his circular journey, Steinbeck reflects upon each location as having its own personality and unique story. Consequently, the book re...

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Harassing acts can include: racial slurs racial "jokes" offensive remarks based on race offensive comments based on race drawings or pictures that depict people of a certain race in an unfavorable light threats intimidation hostile demeanor, or physical violence. ... Evidence of secret tapes revealed that four top executives referred to minority employees as "black jelly beans- and "niggers."" ...

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The poison at the heart of this controversy is the use of what has been defined, and rightly so, as the most offensive racial slur in the entire English language the word "nigger." ... Alternatively, would the parents prefer to procrastinate and shrug off their parental responsibilities, having their children notified by a group of joking peers, and then entering the world with a distorted view toward this considerably essential subject? ...

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E.g. in chapter 10 Huck set a dead rattle snake in Jim's sheets as a joke, but Huck forgot about this and another snake came along and bit Jim, Huck didn't mean for this to happen but never told Jim. ... Huck said, "It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger - but I done it, and I warn't ever sorry for it afterwards neither. ...

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