          stdout = six.StringIO()
          static_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='collectstatic_empty_staticdir_test')
          with override_settings(STATIC_ROOT=static_dir):
              call_command('collectstatic', interactive=True, stdout=stdout)
          shutil.rmtree(six.text_type(static_dir))
          output = force_text(stdout.getvalue())
          self.assertNotIn(self.overwrite_warning_msg, output)
          self.assertNotIn(self.delete_warning_msg, output)
          self.assertIn(self.files_copied_msg, output)
  
 
</s> remove         shutil.rmtree(six.text_type(settings.STATIC_ROOT))
 </s> add         shutil.rmtree(settings.STATIC_ROOT) </s> remove         add_html = lazy(lambda string: string + 'special characters > here', six.text_type)
 </s> add         add_html = lazy(lambda string: string + 'special characters > here', str) </s> remove         self.assertEqual(addresses, [[six.text_type(self.author_address)], [], []])
 </s> add         self.assertEqual(addresses, [[str(self.author_address)], [], []]) </s> remove         lst2 = [[six.text_type(book) for book in author.books_with_year.all()] for author in qs]
 </s> add         lst2 = [[str(book) for book in author.books_with_year.all()] for author in qs] </s> remove             addresses = [[six.text_type(address) for address in obj.addresses.all()]
 </s> add             addresses = [[str(address) for address in obj.addresses.all()]
        shutil.rmtree(static_dir)
          stdout = six.StringIO()
          static_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='collectstatic_empty_staticdir_test')
          with override_settings(STATIC_ROOT=static_dir):
              call_command('collectstatic', interactive=True, stdout=stdout)
        shutil.rmtree(static_dir)
          output = force_text(stdout.getvalue())
          self.assertNotIn(self.overwrite_warning_msg, output)
          self.assertNotIn(self.delete_warning_msg, output)
          self.assertIn(self.files_copied_msg, output)
  
keep keep keep keep replace keep keep keep keep keep
 Refs #23919 -- Removed six.<various>_types usage

Thanks Tim Graham and Simon Charette for the reviews. 
tests/staticfiles_tests/test_management.py