The Influence Of Classism : A Poor Economy, Outdated Health Care Programs, And Classism

Economic oppression against blacks occurred out of white’s prejudice for African Americans. Most economic inequality between races advanced from an unequal opportunity in the labor force. This was because African Americans were not given the same chance as whites for similar jobs. In the 1950’s at least 75 percent of African American men “in the labor force were employed in unskilled jobs.” A few of these jobs included janitors, porters, cooks, and machine operators. However, only 25 percent of white males had jobs which did not require many skills. The disparity between women was also significant. 20 percent of black women were paid service workers while only 10 percent of white women maintained the same job. The two most significant l reasons African Americans were economically oppressed was because they were denied access to numerous jobs and the

Born into the era of the Great Depression, Harper Lee was brought up during the majority of the economic crisis and spent most of her childhood within the state of Alabama, which is one of the poorest states in America. The novel, also set just after the end of the Great Depression, gives an insight into how the financial instability was treated within then South states. The Great Depression was frightening period and was also a time of political instability, and this led to unfair money distribution, seen within the other families in Maycomb. The main family was the Ewells who lived off the land and hunted off season. The head of the family lived off pay checks from the government and was consequently perceived by the town as the lowest calibre

Racism was an everyday thing for people during the Great Depression and for the town of Maycomb in the 1930’s. This is seen in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Bob Ewell is a very trashy, alcoholic man who nobody in Maycomb respects. Bob Ewell and his seven children live in poverty close to the black people’s houses. Throughout the trial it shows the power of a white man. To Kill a Mockingbird reveals that despite the character traits, race is always a winning factor through the character of Bob Ewell.

During the 1930’s depression, there was a great divide between black and white America. There were many communities and groups who had been exposed to the same treatment and persecution as the Negroes in To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee has used a small town setting, such as that in To Kill a Mockingbird, to illustrate America’s views on white supremacy and the inferiority of the black race. The author has illustrated view that are expressed world-wide through her characters in Maycomb county.

It is very evident that Maycomb is a small town in which there is much racism, and social status greatly determines what kind of life you will lead. The different types of social inequality are an important theme in the novel, and Harper Lee

Maycomb was a slow poor town. Harper Lee made it seem like this was a town full of nothing, people move slow and just mumbled around everywhere. At this time everyone was struggling with the great depression and racism colored people were referred to as niggers because people didn't know better they thought it was weird that they weren't the same as everyone else and i think that scared them. Maycomb county had nothing to fear but itself (pg7). Kids didn't go to school back then they had to stay home and help their families survive the long summer days on the farm. Most kids went to school the first day so the sheriff wouldn't come to the front door of their homes. But that is the setting of Maycomb county. My name is Dawson Creasey and im currently reading To Kill A Mockingbird. I think it’s a wonderful adventure book and you can learn many things from

Harper Lee highlighted America’s discrimination, prejudices, and social hierarchal issues and created To Kill a Mockingbird, a semi-biographical novel. Even though the novel is set in the fictitious town of Maycomb, Alabama, it addresses some very real issues that are, unfortunately, still present in modern society. America has made many positive strides since 1930 to ensure equality and freedom for all, making the Dream more attainable for citizens, but we still have more improvements to make before the Dream is available to

In the first article titled “Class in America” by Gregory Mantsios the discussion on class affecting the United States negatively is brought up. Gregory talks about the fact that people do not choose to be poor but they are put into situations where they cannot move up in class. Due to the fact that class creates an immense gap in communities, there are many issues linked to being categorized as the lower class. In the article Gregory states that “class affects more than lifestyle and material well being. It has a significant impact on our physical and mental well-being as well.” CITE) The author connects the idea that if you are in the lower class than you will also deal with other issues include your mental and physical health declining. Alongside this idea, the author also states “All Americans do not have an equal opportunity to succeed, and class mobility in the United States is lower than that of the rest of the industrialized world. (CITE) This goes along with the idea that once your born into a class, breaking out of it is virtually impossible. The author is also making the point that in the United States class is more problematic than other developed nations and because of this not everyone is given the chance to break free from a poor lifestyle.

Maycomb was a small town like many others in the south following The Great Depression. Times were very troubling during this period. All Americans were suffering, but many believe that southerners had it the worst. The south had barely gotten back on its feet following the civil war. There were certainly still too many prejudices against African Americans. However, southern blacks were beginning to own their own farms and businesses. Things were looking up in the south during the roaring 20’s until the stock market crash of 1929. Following the depression, in the mid 1930s, Maycomb was a tired old town. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with. Not much to see here at all.

Racism was a big issue in the town of maycomb. One big way racism represents itself is with Tom Robinson, a maycomb black man. He was convicted of raping a young female. She had proclaimed that Tom had went into her house, raped her, and beat her. Her dad states he heard screaming, ran to the house and tom was running away while his daughter was on the floor. Everyone believes her because well, he's black. No one cared about his side of the story, except for Atticus. He

During the Great Depression, racism was a common practice in the southern states of the US. Negros and those who opposed the intolerance were often discriminated by the rest of the bias and ignorant society, who believed in white supremacy and superiority over the other races. Maycomb, a racist town, exemplify this discrimination, imperiously judging others they view as being dissimilar from themselves. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, the author, weaves a brilliant story of prejudice, discrimination, and racism shown through the novel’s several characters and events, producing a mirror reflection of America’s racist society in the 1930’s.

George Washington Carver said, “Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” Maycomb Alabama was a town like any other. It had a version of the castes system and the families of Maycomb were categorized and stifled into these castes. Families such as the Finches, Ewells, Cunninghams, and the Black community were all separated into individual stereotypes. There were wealthy families but because of the unfortunate era known as The Great Depression, being wealthy didn’t necessarily make you relatively wealthy. People that had been struck with poverty because of the income decline and other reasons, although they didn’t expect people to pity them and they were honest people. Then there were families that had been unfortunate financially even before The Great Depression. Although some African Americans were much more honest, hardworking, and kind than others they were still at the bottom of the castes because of the fact that Maycomb Alabama was in the dreaded Jim Crow South.

Outside the town limits, across the old sawmill tracks, lies a building with old paint crumbling off the sides and a cemetery lying right beside it. The brick-hard clay covered the land underneath both the churchyard and the cemetery. There lied crumbling tombstones and some new ones as well. Each one having an assortment of shattered coca-cola bottles, colorful glass, and dozens upon dozens of burnt out candles surrounding them. This was a happy place. The sweet aroma of Negro blossomed in the air, curating a scent of peppermint, snuff, and sweet lilac. It felt welcoming and homely. During the mid-1920s, in the darling town of Maycomb, Alabama, not all people had such a humbleness to them. Many people were not treated with the same respect and kindness as others, as shown in the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. Throughout the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, shows concerns about social class and how it affects everyone around them. Being different during the mid-1930s was excruciating, even though they were factors that can’t be controlled, and Lee wanted to make a point about that.

In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” one of the multiple dilemmas brought to light in the novel and the film is the social inequality. Rather it be at the suffering of a person of color to a woman or child; todays society still suffers from from the social inequality pointed out in the novel based on the 1930s, 1933 specifically and can be compared to some cases from the novel. Social inequality can be forced on anybody but more specifically pushes onto people of a colored ethnic background (color), the gender a person is born with or chooses to identify as (sexuality), or the religion they choose to practice and so on, however this essay is going to focus mainly on the three social inequalities listed above.

After the abolition of slavery, racial segregation was one of the main problems in the country. Black men were not treated right. They were oppressed, and discriminated against because of the color of their skin. Their race was considered as an inferior race so after being free they were reduced to live in poverty and they did not have the opportunity to live as men or citizen of the United States. According to Martin Luther King “One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination” (I Have a dream).