So here's this thread

[conuly]

In which this teacher earnestly wants a word to substitute for "chink" in Midsummer Night's Dream, and one person suggests kink which doesn't mean the same thing.

And on the one hand, I'm sure they all have their hearts in the right place, but on the other hand, maybe they should collectively teach a different play instead. Shakespeare wrote plenty of comedies, just pick a different one off the shelf.

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[moon_custafer]

Yeah. It's pretty clearly *not* being used as a racial slur in that scene (the wall's intro literally specifies that he's talking about a small hole).

And if the concern is the kids interpreting the line in bad faith so they can snicker (I say this as someone whose high-school production substituted the word 'spirit' for every instance in the script of the word 'fairy)? 'Kink' is really not going to help.