Huck's Ideas on Race Relations

I think Huckleberry Finn wouldn't be pleased with the race relations today. People have become so touchy about racism that his ignorance would be rejected. Jim might enjoy it, too, although he seems to be the kind of person who wouldn't like the reputation poor blacks have now.

I think the main problem would just be with status. Huckleberry Finn's idea of a black person's status in society would conflict with the current society's social equality. Huck is very opinionated about this, shown by his comments about how blacks are property and his racist thoughts about Jim's intelligence, shown during his discussion with Jim about Frenchmen and foreign languages. Jim also expects certain things from white people and other blacks, and I think he wouldn't approve of the behaviors of many blacks today. I think he would think they thought too much of themselves.