I completely agree with what the writer is saying because if you take that word out of the book its almost as if it never happened that way which isn't true. If he take it out its because America doesn't want people to know about their past and how people were treated back then. The book is only being realistic and by taking it out it would make everything different. I think that it's not bad because it's not being written in a way to offend people it's just the way the book was written based on events that have happened.