Why did people think that Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn were racist people?

Today the use of the N word is considered racist but when Huck Finn was written that word was simply the most common term for a person of color.

When Twain wrote Huck Finn he actually received a lot of negative attention because many felt that he had made Jim "too human."

Tom Sawyer Racism

They don't think that the characters of Tom and Huck are racists. Scholars believe that the stories illustrate the social racism of the time and the place of the Black man in society back then.

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“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain was banned in Concord, Massachusetts (1885) as “trash and suitable only for the slums.” This fictional work was excluded from the children’s room of the Brooklyn Public Library (1905) on the grounds that “Huck not only itched but scratched, and said sweat when he should have said perspiration.” It was removed from Waukegan, Illinois high school reading list (1984) because of “racially offensive language and tone.” Removed from classrooms in the Cherry Hill, New Jersey schools (1997) after concerns were raised about its “racial epithets” and “depiction of its African-American characters.” Huck Finn was alos pulled from reading lists at three Renton, Washington high schools (2004) after an African-American student said the book degraded her and her culture. Ironically, this book which was attacked after its first publication for being “too racially tolerant” is now being attacked for being “too racist.” Twain’s classic was deemed upon publication as “rough, coarse and inelegant,” and not suited for “intelligent, respectable people.” “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain was excluded from children’s room in the Brooklyn, New York public library (1876) and the Denver, Colorado public library (1876). It was removed from the 7th grade curriculum in the West Chester, Pennsylvania schools (1994) because “it is too full of racially charged language.” “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee was challenged and temporarily banned in Eden Valley, Minnesota (1977). It was challenged at the Warren Independent Township schools (1981) because the book “represents institutionalized racism under the guise of good literature.” After unsuccessfully banning the novel, three parents resigned the township human relations advisory council. It was also banned in Lindale, Texas from the advanced placement English reading list (1996) because the book “conflicted with the values of the community.” This novel has been repeatedly challenged and banned in numerous states on the grounds that it “contains profanity and racial slurs.” “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding was challenged at the Duval County, Florida public school libraries (1992) because of profanity, lurid passages about sex and statements defamatory to minorities, God, women and the disabled. It was challenged, but retained on the ninth-grade accelerated English reading list in Bloomfield, New York (2000).

Well they were, but like the above poster said, it was a sign of the time period during which the novels took place.

It goes with the time that the setting is set in. Still had slaves and what not... just what they were taught, didn't exactly know any better

Simply: The n_egro (yes this spanish word for black is censored..how dumb..) slang was more crude back then. And N_egros werent trusted back then, kinda like how they fill our prison populations here in the US today...

Wonder why..?

This is a challenging question, and one that has made me curious for quite a while.

because they use the "n" word in the book. they called another character "n" word jim.

look at what they called their friend jim