If ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ makes A.J. Holloway 'uncomfortable', 

…he probably ought to be reading ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’.

Making people uncomfortable about racists is the whole point of the book.


My guess is A.J. doesn't want Biloxi kids to realize they're being groomed by people like A.J. to grow up to be racists.

(…fun fact, A.J. is the brother of the ex-mayor of Biloxi who stepped down after checking himself into a rehab clinic.  Nepotism is alive in Biloxi too.)