Mark Twain's novel Pudd'nhead Wilson is a controversial commentary on race, identity and social determination. The action of the novel takes place in a small town in Missouri, called Dawson's Landing, in a society in which the relationship between the white people and the black was st...

Huckleberry Finn - A Racist Novel? There is a major argument among literary critics whether Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is or is not a racist novel. The question boils down to the depiction of Jim, the black slave, and to the way he is treated by Huck and other characters. The use ...

Variations in language, or dialect, demonstrate the evolution of speech patterns and show that people who live in the same geographic location or belong in the same culture, share these same patterns. No dialect is better in structure or is more superior than another and standards in speech varies f...

"My niggas. Some niggas that you don't wanna try. My niggas. Some niggas that's really do or die. My niggas. Ain't no longer living a lie. My niggas is stong. My niggas is real." Does this artist use the word nigger in the same way that racists ha...

"My niggas. Some niggas that you don't wanna try. My niggas. Some niggas that's ready to do or die. My niggas. Who ain't living a lie. My niggas is strong. My niggas is real." By DMX Does this artist use the word nigger in the...