To Kill A Mockingbird Cancelled Over "Racist White Saviour Narrative"

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A leading school in Scotland have chosen to cancel the iconic To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, because it showcases an apparent "racist white saviour narrative."

"White saviour is the white man coming to save the black. Terribly patronising. And this is not just happening in Britain. The book has been banned by some schools in the US, and a school in Canada has also pressured teachers not to teach it," a source reveals.

"Now critics today who see everything through the eyes of race - just like the villains in To Kill A Mockingbird - yes, this is a white saviour book. A white lawyer Atticus Finch fights to save a black man unfairly accused of murder and convicted by a racist jury despite his pleas to look at the evidence."

"And a race warrior would say how patronising and racist that the book and the famous film version has the African American spectators in that courtroom, having seen Finch fight and lose against the mob, then still stand to honour his integrity, and telling his daughter to do the same."

"Here's what the race warriors don't get about any of this. This is not a film about a white man trying to save a black man. It is fundamentally about a man - just a man - and his children as well - standing against the mob."  

What are your thoughts? Do you think the film is racist? Or do think it's just a classic that was made at a different time to now?