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Racial Inequality In To Kill A Mockingbird

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In this country, American means white, the blacks have been downgraded and treated like trash on the street. In the 1930s, the small town of Maycomb County racism has a very strong tension between the blacks and whites. Harper Lee in To Kill A Mockingbird, describes how white male are more favorable than the black male. This novel teaches about racial inequality by a trial. A white fellow accused a young black man of rape. The black male has a strong man on his side named Atticus Finch. Mr.Finch also has two children named Jem and Scout. Jem and Scout have to go through some rough times with this trial. Harper Lee teaches us these inequalities of race through the eyes of children. They get nagged, they learn something new, and they earn a little …show more content…

Dolphus Raymond is one of them, he is married to a black women. Of course, being married to a African American comes rumors as well. Even though none of the rumors are true, he lets the people believe what they want to believe. No one in the town can accept that he just loves a black women, he believe they are just like him, no different than a white. “I try to give ‘em reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason. When I come to town, which is seldom, if I weave a little and drink out of this sack, folks can say Dolphus Raymond’s in the clutches of whiskey-that’ why he won’t change his ways.” (Lee. 268). No one really wants to listen to his story and believe them because most of the people think whites are better, and do not understand the concept that human is human. However, Raymond may not be as open, Atticus is. Atticus believes that everyone is equal; he tries to see the good out of people even when they are horrible. He once said “ You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (Lee. 39), saying that just shows you how much Atticus see people just as people, not just black and white. With more people starting seeing this throughout the trial there begins to be a little

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