Throughout the novel Huck Finn, there is a constant issue of how different people are racist towards blacks. The main character is Huck Finn. He is racist but he does not know any better because that was how he was raised. Therefore he never questioned it and took it as one of the things that happen.

In Huck's case, as I stated before, he does not know that he is being racist towards Jim. And if that is the case, he does not know that it is wrong and he should change. In the time period that Huck was around in, which was around the time a little before the Civil War, racism was generally accepted. At times Huck can be extremely racist towards Jim and black people in general. On the other hand there are some times when Huck can be kind of understanding with Jim and try to sympathize with Jim's situation.

Through most of the book Huck is pretty racist. He calls black people "Niger's" and does not think of them as human beings. To Huck all black people are stupid and should not be trusted. Huck lets Jim know how he feels about him on more than one occasion without actually telling him.

Huck can also be kind of non-racist at times. Although he was racist throughout the book, he did put his racism aside on more than one occasion. The largest one that I can think of happened all the way through the book. Huck had the opportunity to turn Jim in to the authorities at any time in the story, but he didn't.

In conclusion I believe that the case that the book took towards racism was that it was wrong to treat someone that way. It did this by making Huck and many of the other characters in the book that were racist look ignorant and stupid. The most apparent case of this is Huck. He is crafty and sly when it comes to a sticky situation, but he is generally stupid when it come to normal life.