of the "n-word" in american literature and culture with a focus on "uncle tom's cabin" by harriette beecher stowe and "adventures of huckleberry finn" by mark twain. naugatuck valley community college is located in waterbury, connecticut. also, please note that some viewers may find language in this hour-long program offensive. >> good afternoon, class. >> good afternoon. >> today we're in english 102, composition and literature. we're going to be talking about two different things fl we'll start off our discussion talking about the use of the "n-word" in both harriet -- don't even try it. harriet beecher stowe's "uncle tom's cabin" and we'll be talking about mark twain's huckleberry finn. there has been recent controversy, please excuse me, recent controversy talking about a publisher who is changing the "n-word" to. >> slave. >> slave and they're changing the engine word to indian because obviously a number of native americans are offended by that. this is not a controversy that has just started. this has been going on since day one. they came out in the 1860s and the idea is that since that po