Education

I hadn't read Mockingbird until a few months ago, once I got started I couldn't put it down. And yes, the racism and use of the word "n_____" made me uncomfortable, but I suppose we need to feel uncomfortable to gain at least a very small understanding of how things are for other people.

And I have to admit to having mixed feelings about other classic authors using "n______" as well, Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway come to mind. Hemingway's use of the term, especially, seems to normalize a word that's no longer acceptable among decent people.