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The relationship between races is constantly changing, for better or for worse. Recently, LAFD firefighter Tennie Pierce, filed a lawsuit saying that fellow firefighters laced his pasta with dog food and that the prank was racially motivated because he was African American. Pierce said the dog food was a way to mock him for being African American and was dehumanizing, corrolating to black roots of slavery. Pierce filled a lawsuit and nearly recieved $2,700,000 before the Mayor of Los Angeles vetoed the lawsuit. You may be wondering, what does this have to do with Huck Finn? The answer is that Mark Twain uses satire in the novel to express the issue of race relationships within the community. Why is that the African American man nearly gets paid money for being "picked on" while the other white firefighters who endured the same treatment or worse get nothing? What makes that fair to anybody? The same answer to the previous question is the answer to why Huck feels it is necessary to turn Jim in for being a run away slave even though they are friends. Since when does race play a larger role then friendship? [|LAFD Incident]

Firecheif Bamattre(Left) and Tennie Pierce(Right)



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