Racism And Discrimination In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

One day, he decides to defend a black man by the name of Tom Robinson. This sends the community into an outrage, turning them against a man whose otherwise well-respected and admired by all. But the conscience that makes him so admirable ultimately causes his falling out with the people of Maycomb.

Next, Tom Robinson is disabled and the black community is not considered equal because of fear, by winning the case it might bring both races to peace. In Maycomb race inequality is everywhere, black people are not considered to be actual people and so the jury does not make the right decisions for the Tom Robinson case. “Cry about the simple hell people give other people--without even thinking. Cry about the hell white people give colored folks, without even stopping to think that they’re people too” (201). Mr. Raymond understands the situation since he has a colored wife and kids, he could not have told the town better, he told them that white folks do not consider colored folks as real people. Yet, the white part of the community is scared that the Jury will vote for Tom, in addition to this Tom would win the case and it would make both races

Atticus said, “They’ve done it befor and they did it tonight and they’ll do it again and when they do it-seems that only children weep”(Lee 285). To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee. It is about two siblings , Jem and Scout, who live in a small town called Maycomb. Their father Atticus, is a well known lawyer, who is defending an African American that was accused of raping a white women. Throughout the novel, Jem and Scout are introduced to discrimination and learn that it’s an everlasting problem. Prejudice and discrimination are important themes in To Kill a Mockingbird because of racism, sexism, and ageism.

People are not born prejudiced. “It is something that is learned". It can be learned in the same way other attitudes and values are learned, primarily through association, reinforcement and modeling. For example, children may learn to associate a particular ethnic group with poverty, crime, violence and other negative things” (2006 Anti-Defamation League). Also, prejudice in “children may be reinforced by listening to derogatory ethnic jokes, especially when others laugh along or think they're cool”. Lastly, children may simply imitate the prejudices of their older family members and popular friends. Prejudice is to pre- judge. “Prejudice is a baseless and usually negative attitude toward members of a group. Common features of prejudice

To begin, "The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box" (Lee 224). Tom Robisnon becomes a victim of racism when he is wrongly convicted. Tom is wrongly convicted of raping Mayella Ewell because of the color of his skin. Jury members only convict Tom because he is black, not because of the evidence presented in the trial. Secondly, "If I hear one more peep outa my girl Helen about not bein able to walk this road I'll have you in jail before sundown" (Lee 253). This is important because Mr. Ewell harasses her on her way to work for Mr. Deas, he does not even let her walk in front of his house, he even threatens her to not go to work. This shows that Helen has had a hard time finding work because she is associated with Tom. If Tom had not been wrongly accused of raping Mayella, then Helen would not face the harsh discrimination from the Maycomb community. All in all, Helen and Tom Robinson have a really hard time because of the effects of racism on them.

In Maycomb people thought of African-Americans as untrustworthy animals, so the jury convicted him. They decided that Robinson didn’t deserve to live because he was black, and Mayella

The Maycomb jury accused Tom Robinson guilty of rape of Mayella Ewell, not because they truly thought he was guilty; he was wrongfully convicted because of our town’s long time “honor code” of our society. Our “honor code” is nothing but a meaningless, unbroken rule saying that all whites are infallible, while all negroes are immoral and can’t be trusted around anyone. If a white person were to break this “code”, that person would be considered an outcast in our town. Of course, as I’ve said before, some whites and negroes are immoral and can’t be trusted around anyone. Take the Ewells, for example. Maycomb despises them, and barely keeps them isolated from the rest of town. They represent Maycomb’s worst side, but their word is still taken over a black man’s word, simply because they’re white. None of the jury members wanted to risk their own reputations and be

Racism was very “popular” as you should say back in the 1930’s . Whites had all the power while blacks and other minorities were suppose to fear them. In Maycomb , Alabama racism was around and had effects on citizens. Segregating whites from blacks is a horrid thing. It’s inhuman to say you're better than someone else because of their skin color. We as humans are equal some may be more wealthy than others but when it all comes down to it we will all go in the same box in the same ground. Racism was and still is a horrible thing and it affected a lot people.

Racism was a very large part of society in the south during the 1930’s. Many colored people were thought of as less than their peers. Whites were considered better than African Americans were, and almost every white person accepted the unjust judgment. Racial discrimination hit hard in the south. Many of the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird were impacted by racial discrimination, including Calpurnia, Scout, and Tom Robinson and his family.

Life is like a thrill ride; one never knows what will be in store for them. Many characters in the story To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee feel the same way about life, having experienced many surprising and unexpected turns of events. This story is about a sleepy southern town filled with prejudice, and a lawyer’s quest, along with his children Scout and Jem, to take steps in ridding the town of its prejudiced attitude. Despite being a white man, a lawyer named Atticus, defends an innocent black man accused of raping a white woman. However, everything does not go as was hoped, and the mindset of the society overpowered Atticus’s fair-minded argument. From this emerges a theme regarding the bigotry and bias overwhelming Maycomb: A

Bob Ewell, the man whose daughter is said to have been raped, is one of the least wealthy white residents in Maycomb. However, he seems to have a high opinion of himself so he does not let people look at [him] like [he] was dirt” (253). Even though Mr. Ewell is very poor and generally considered as someone who they must not be seen speaking with, he is still given priority over the black man, Tom Robinson, even though he “ain't never been causing any problems in the years that he's worked for [Link Deas]” (189). This shows that even though Tom Robinson is clearly a very honorable and respectable man, he is still being treated unfairly in the trial. This means that in this example, racism is triumphing over classism because of the hatred that the people have towards Mr. Ewell for being poor and an overall terrible person, is not enough to cancel out the impacts of racism, even though Tom Robinson is a good man. If the people of Maycomb were not racist, then the verdict of the trial would have easily been that Tom Robinson was innocent. The evidence all clearly pointed to Bob Ewell beating her daughter, but the strength of Maycomb's racism was too strong.

To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel, that offers a view of life through a young girl’s eyes. The novel is focused on two main themes which are racism and discrimination.

He received backlash for defending Tom Robinson, as people criticized him and created public displays that mocked how he lived. Racism and prejudice murdered Tom Robinson and in fact, it was those two things that shot him seventeen times in the chest. Maycomb took Tom Robinson and used him as a chew toy; they chewed him up until there was nothing left of him. His innocence was erased and replaced by lies made up by a white man who spent every dime he earned on alcohol. The innocence of Tom Robinson was belittled and beaten by the cruelty of society until his heart could no longer beat.

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

“To Kill A Mockingbird” is marvelous and unforgettable novel. Not only show how dramatic, sad in and old town – Maycomb be like, but through her unique writings, some big conflicts about politics and critical is going on through this tired old Southern town. Not just in general like education, friendship, neighbors but also pacific in individuals like family and the people’s characteristics themselves. In one book yet can covered with such many problems, Harper Lee must have been experienced a lot and deeply understanding that time. That is why the book lives, becoming literature and get the love from the audiences a lot. One of the problem and mostly run along with the story and interest me is racism between white people and black people