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Fischthal apologized to the student in an email and set up a private discussion online about the issue that she titled
‘Insensitive Language.’
‘I apologize if I made anyone uncomfortable in the class by using a slur when quoting from and discussing the text,’ Fischthal wrote.
‘Please do share your thoughts.’
Six students responded, including the initial complainant. Two defended Fischthal and the rest said the N-word should not have been used. Fischthal also invited students to discuss the controversy during the next class but she said the N-word was not used by anyone during that discussion.
‘Pudd’nhead Wilson,’ published in 1894, is one of Twain’s lesser-known novels. It focuses on the absurdity and tragedy of racism and slavery. The plot turns on a light-skinned slave named Roxy who decides to switch her light-skinned baby boy with her master’s baby boy shortly after birth in order to save her child from being “sold down the rive
Hannah Berliner Fischthal, an adjunct professor at St. John s University, was fired two and a half months after an incident during a remote class where she read an excerpt from Pudd nhead Wilson.
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Many 19th century American authors earned their place in the literature canon, but none were more influential than Mark Twain. Writing during Reconstruction, he took on the issue of slavery from the white southern perspective. Want to learn more about this literary icon and who he was? Let’s jump right into the fascinating facts and circumstances of his life.
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