have already replaced "Huckleberry Finn" in their curricula, including in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Minnesota, and Mississippi. The resolution notes that several school districts in the U.S. Politico reported Thursday on a nonbinding resolution filed by New Jersey state Assembly members Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D) and Jamel Holley (D), which argues, "The novel's use of a racial slur and its depictions of racist attitudes can cause students to feel upset, marginalized or humiliated and can create an uncomfortable atmosphere in the classroom." If successful, New Jersey schools would join districts in four other states in banning the book from required reading lists. Two New Jersey lawmakers want Mark Twain's 1884 novel, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," removed from the curricula in all the state's schools, over its controversial use of the N-word "and its depiction of racist attitudes."
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