A comparision of the degree of Racism in 'To Kill A Mockingbird' and 'Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry'.

It was Cassie’s first time going to Strawberry and she had no idea of how bad segregation and racism had become in Mississippi during the 1930’s. At the time, Big Ma was occupied with Mr Jamison, and Cassie, T.J and Stacey decided to go to the Barnett store to take care of groceries. When they got there, T.J. handed Mr. Jim Lee Barnett the list. After asking if they were one of Granger’s people, Barnett walked to another counter and started filling the order. Coincidentally, a white woman needed her order filled at the same time, and she asked, “ ‘Mr.Barnett, are you waiting on anyone just now?’, ‘Just them’ he said, indicating us with a small wave of the hand’” (Taylor 110) .Then, Mr. Barnett started filling her order instead, totally disregarding Cassie, T.J., and Stacey. When he finally finished filling the order, instead of helping Cassie and the others like he should have, he went to help a white child who also needed assistance. Cassie could understand an adult being helped instead of a child, but a child of the same age as Cassie being helped instead was unbelievable to her. Cassie was not fully aware that this was happening because these people were white, and she thought he had forgotten about their order and said, “‘Uh, scuse me, Mr. Barnett, I think you forgot, but you was waiting on us before you was waiting on this girl there...’ , ‘...Well you just get your little black self back over there and wait s’more.’” (Taylor 111)

In Chapter 5 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor, Cassie’s innocence causes her to find herself in frightening situations. Cassie, the black female protagonist of the story, lives in 1933, in Mississippi, where instances of racism happen daily. However, Cassie, because she is 9 years old and her family wants to protect her from the injustices of the world for as long as possible, doesn’t have a clear understanding of why the white people in her life are doing bad things to her or knowledge as to why her actions create disruption within the white community. In fact, “a lack of understanding and knowledge” is a definition of the word innocent (Dictionary.com), which describes Cassie perfectly in Chapter 5, although she may appear mischievous to others.

In this story it is much more than a case of black and white, there is prejudice in many forms.

The Wallace family treats blacks poorly by helping the whites first at their store. Another family in town the Simms’ses also treat blacks poorly. There was a time when Cassie accidentally bumps into Lillian Jean Simms and she makes Cassie walk in the street and Mr.Simms made Cassie apologize to Lillian Jean. Cassie tries to deal with racsim by boycotting the Wallace store and told Uncle Hammer what happened with Lillian Jean and Uncle Hammer goes to there house to teach Mr. Simms a lesson. While Cassie solve the problem of racism she was able to fight against it. I never had a similar problem to Cassie, but know of some problems where white police officers are shooting blacks without a real reason. We all need to become more color blind to stop racsim, and make friends with people of different

Cassie attempts to offer an explanation to Miss Crocker in Little Man’s defense. She tries to tell her why he reacted the way that he did and tries to show her the book, pointing out what Little Man got so upset about. Miss Crocker then replies to Cassie, “that’s what you are.” At this point, you can clearly see that Miss Crocker really does not even care. This is also broader than it seems and it shows way more than just the fact that she does not care. It is proof that not only does Miss Crocker accept racism, but she tries to get everyone else to accept it as well. She wanted them to accept the old books and wanted them to be thankful and content with them. She thought they should see them as “wonderful” books and not care that they

In the story “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, the main character Scout realizes the town she lives in is full of bias and prejudice toward negros. Scout, the only daughter of lawyer Atticus Finch, is faced with the activism that follows this prejudice when her father decides to defend a negro, Tom Robinson, in the court of law. She is constantly harassed and tormented by the residence of their small town, Maycom. What Lee is trying to show through these events is that people are always going to have prejudices, and sometimes these prejudices come from the people you least expect it form. In the story, neighbors, friends, and family all show their prejudices about the defendant Tom Robinson to Scout, who finally realize the world isn’t perfect but is, in fact, full of flaws and prejudices.

Is Stereotyping and racism truly wrong? In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee six year old Scout Finch, and her older brother Jem, live with their father in cozy Maycomb, Alabama. They love to spend time with their close friend Dill, and also spy on their mysterious and reclusive neighbor, Boo Radley. Later Atticus, there widowed father, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges from the Ewell family, exposing the children to the evil of stereotyping and racism in the South. Throughout the trial Atticus taught his children to respect others, no matter what action they were accused of committing. Atticus lived by the theme respect others, protect the innocent, and always take a moral stance.

Racism is something that most people would claim they do not believe in or support; however, as clearly shown in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, racism is a disease that spreads through a region and worsens as time goes on. Racism is an issue that is still prevalent in the American society today, and Harper Lee’s timeless novel continues to teach the lesson that one needs to look beyond the color of another man’s skin and see them for who they truly are. Mr. Raymond’s conversation with Dill after Tom Robinson’s testimony initially shows that racism is better comprehended with age. He says, “Let him get a little older and he won’t get sick and cry… Cry about the hell white people give to colored folks, without even stopping to think that they’re people too” (Lee, 1960, p. 269). Here, it becomes clear that children can be naive to racism and the evil in the world, but as they continue to grow up in an area that feels so strongly about white supremacy, they become immune to the injustice and prejudice. Further, Mr. Raymond’s words allow the reader to better understand the severity of the racism in Maycomb and the entirety of the country. It also unveils a crucial theme in the novel, namely that one must consider a person of color to be no different from oneself, as all humans are equal. Additionally, racism is repeatedly referred to as a disease in the novel, which is explained when Atticus is talking to Uncle Jack about the trial and he says “‘... I hope and pray I can get

names’s Tom Robinson”. Discuss the effects of racism on Maycomb citizens such as Tom and Helen Robinson,

When she knocked on the door, the women at bridge club unsuccessfully hid from her. When she went to the window, she spotted a few of them and at first did not understand that they were hiding from her. She slowly realized they were trying to avoid her. When she got back home she told Minny, “They made me stand there like I was the vacuum salesman” (Taylor, 2011). This is just one example in the movie of prejudice that is bordering on discrimination.

Throughout Thomas More's Utopia, he is able to successfully criticize many of the political, social, and economic ways of the time. His critique of feudalism and capitalism would eventually come back to haunt him, but would remain etched in stone forever. On July 6, 1535, by demand of King Henry VIII, More was beheaded for treason. His last words stood as his ultimate feeling about royalty in the 15th and 16th centuries, "The King's good servant, but God's first." Throughout his life, More spoke his beliefs about feudalism, capitalism, and his ideals of Utopia; More was a thinker, good friend of Erasmus, and although many critics take Utopia as a blueprint for society, in many instances he encourages thought, a critical part of the

In the story, the main character, Lily, ran away to a household of black women. As a white girl running away with her black caretaker to a family of black women, Lily was looked at as a someone who did not get the racial divide, especially during the 1960s. At the beginning of the book, Lily’s caretaker Rosaleen was beaten by white police officers after she spit tobacco onto a couple white men’s shoes after they harassed Rosaleen about registering to vote. This shows how the southern was unwilling to change their views of black people because they were previous slaves. The southern white still viewed the black community as inferior. They treated the blacks still as if they had no rights; the white community beat them, yelled at them, and segregated them. For a police officer to beat a black women on such a little infraction it shows that the white police officer thought he had to break the law to put a black woman “in her place”. This is completely relevant to society today because there are still acts of racism and hate crimes towards blacks. Recently on March 20, 2017, a black homeless man, Timothy Caughman, was fatally stabbed by a white army veteran, James Harris Jackson. Caughman’s murder was later deemed a hate crime. (CBS News) This tragic event happened very recently

A three-month-old South Korean girl starved to death after her parents repeatedly left her alone for 12-hour stretches to rendezvous at a local Internet cafe, where they were nurturing a virtual child through a computer game known as “Prius Online.” The 41-year-old father and 25-year-old mother found their real child dead after returning from the cafe. The autopsy revealed that the baby died of prolonged malnutrition. While online, the couple were raising a virtual daughter seemingly as a form of escapism from their own lives. Both parents recently became unemployed and their baby had been born prematurely, which is taboo in South Korean culture and considered the parents’ fault. Chung Jin-won, a police officer in Suwon, a suburb of the nation’s

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, discusses many problems in the south around the 1930s. Atticus and his children live in Maycomb Alabama, struggling to get by financially.In the town of Maycomb Alabama, Harper Lee explains and tells the stories connected to harsh racism, segregation, and injustice. The main story in this book expresses an unfair tria for a african american man accused of rape by a white women. He gets taken advantage of my many people in this book because of his race, this is one of many examples that i will discuss in more detail. Racism has been occurring for many many decades, it seems to be way worse in the south and segregation has played a huge role in the act of racism. Most of the southern towns including Maycomb have strict laws and rules to abide by for segregation and racism witch mentally and physically affects the people of different race everywhere. The topic of racism is very important to me and i believe that there needs to be actions to help and come close to fixing it. The main racism point i will cover in this writing is segregation, Tom Robinson, Dolphis Raymond, Calpurnia, Atticus and his kids.

“Avoidable complications during childbirth are killing 78,000 women in India every year. This means on an average, one woman dies from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth every seven minutes. On the other hand, one million children born in India are dying every year even borer they become 28 days old. A child born in India is 14 times more likely to die during the first 28 days than one born in the US or UK. These stats reveal the staggering truth that the natural occurrence of childbirht, and joy that should surround it have been altered and views as an event connected to sorrow and death. Job chapter 3 depicts the reversal of the creative order in light of suffering and the distortion that its caused. Women who suffer from