Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson and Race
In his novel Twain challenges us to think about what race really means. Tom and Chambers are switched, and then raised as members of different races. Roxy is one sixteenth black. Chambers is one thirty-second black. What does any of this mean?
I put the question to you. What is race, and how does it define you a person is? Respond in grammatically correct, complete sentences. Try using the chunking techniques we’ve been learning in class.
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