In the book Huck and Jim are best buds. You wouldn't think to ponder the idea of Huck being a racist. Throughout the book Huck doesn't make obvious notions about if he a racist or not. Either way you look at it, it takes some deciphering to come up with a verdict. Is Huck a racist? His friendship toward Jim makes it seem that he isn't. Overall, racism is about what you are truly thinking and not what you say. Huck may be friends with Jim, but Huck is still a racist.
Jim is that one exception. The only reason why Hucks doesn't act superior to Jim is because Jim is a huge part of Huck's life. Jim is Huck's main father figure. Other than Jim, Huck has nothing against slavery and doesn't think it is wrong. To any other black man Huck feels he is seen as a "higher rank". Huck is also only starting to mature. Since he is young, and given that in that time period blacks were lower class, it was probably implanted into Huck's head. Once he matures and developes his mind he may change his ideas and beliefs on slavery and the black race in general.
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