There's some schools talking about pulling To Kill a Mockingbird (the classic) because of racial discrimination text.
The aim? Well.....all that sensitive text and dialog.
I sat and pondered over this.
Maybe you just need to change the characters.
This Finch-guy for example....why couldn't he be Bombay-Indian-American?
The daughter? 'Scout'? She could be half-transgirl, half-transboy, half-wolf.
This 'Boo' guy who was always so mysterious? Make him into an escaped lunatic clown-killer.
This Calpurnia-gal....the black-cook in the house? Make her into a freaked-out Texas gal who seems to be cocaine an doped-up half the time.
This Bob Ewell guy? The guy who was mostly drunk and never seemed to have a dollar....but accuses Tom Robinson of raping his daughter? Make him into a fired CNN executive who has brain-fog from Covid.
I'm sure that we can fix the text....to make folks happy.
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