The Jim Crow Laws, Mob Mentality, And The Controversy Of Racism

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee showcases the racial injustices and tensions that were presented in the 1930s; since the 1930s the racial tensions have improved, but with improvement, there will always be a struggle and other circumstances that prevent complete equality from prevailing. Segregation, racism, and inequality have all been obstacles that were presented in the 1930s. Issues such as racial bias and profiling that occur not only in the south, but even in the U.S. Criminal Justice System have arisen. Although race relations and social injustices have improved since the 1930s, some issues such as racism towards citizens who are not considered white Americans have stayed similar since that time.

In the novel, Harper Lee emphasizes about how difficult for the black people to live in the 1930s when racial discrimination was a normal activity. The problem of racism was rampant and was as strong as ever in southern

After reading and viewing the Jim Crow pieces, I conclude that those laws were very unfair and treated black people horribly. One reason I think this is because of all of the laws I found in the article. For example, Pilgrim writes that if a black man did as little as touch a white woman it would be considered rape. He also stated that black people were not allowed to eat with white people, go to school with white people, show affection in public, etc. Another reason I believe this is because of what was shown in the picture. To illustrate, V.,E. argues that the black man in the front has very torn up clothing where as the people/animals in the bottom corner have very nice neat clothing. I think this represents how bad they were treated and

The 1920’s and 30’s were some troublesome times for many blacks living in the United States. Even though they were free men, a lot of blacks were still treated like slaves. They were subject to unfair trials, beatings, lynchings, the presumption of guilty before trial, and were also least in priority to whites. Harper Lee also shows these same acts of prejudice in her book To Kill A Mockingbird.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee depicts racism in the 1930’s and shows the characters had to overcome challenges because of it. The 1930’s was a difficult time to live in because of racism against African Americans and the depression, where thousands of people lost their jobs. The idea “an extraordinary challenge can sometimes make an ordinary person into a hero” shows that anyone in To Kill a Mockingbird could have been a hero, even in a time of hardships. Scout Finch, Arthur “Boo” Radley, and Atticus Finch overcame challenges in the story in order to become great heroes.

The late 1930s was a time period where people suffered from many perspectives. First, the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, took place during the Great Depression which was a time when people did not have any jobs or money to provide for their family. There was great tension in society which triggered stress and emotional conflict. Also, Mockingbird was set in the south --Maycomb, Alabama-- where racial segregation was high against blacks. In the novel, Tom Robinson was an African American man who was wrongly accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman who was responsible for falsely accusing him to save her own reputation. The biased white jury sentenced Tom Robinson to be guilty

Many people do not realize what prejudice was like in the 1930s. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, prejudice is a main problem for some of the characters. There are many different examples throughout the novel. “Because-he-is-trash, that’s why you can’t play with him” (pg.301), is only one of them. There are three examples of prejudice, people judging each other over things like race and the amounts of money they own, the people of the town judging Atticus and his family for defending Tom, and sending Tom to prison because he was black and Mayella was white when they knew he was innocent.

In the 1930s, time was harsh for African Americans. A lady named Harper Lee made a novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, that comments on these harsh conditions in the Thirties. The conditions and/or topics are the following: The Scottsboro case, the Stock Market crash, and the Roles of Women. The Thirties were very hard times for Americans, no matter the race.

Have you ever wondered what it was like to live in a racist society in the 1930 as a 6 year old. In Harper Lee’s epic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, it takes place in Alabama during the Depression, and is narrated by the main character, a little girl named Jean Louise "Scout" Finch. Her father, Atticus Finch, is a lawyer with high moral standards.The most prevalent theme is the evils of racism.

Throughout the 1930’s, many difficulties surrounded the United States of America, for the economy was experiencing a Great Depression and society was getting caught up in racism. During this time, African Americans were considered “less than” by their white peers, who were thought of as “superior” and were the ones to accept the unjust judgement. Racial discrimination hit very hard in the south, segregating what was believed to be the good versus the evil. For example, in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, negroes were frequently hanged and killed due to their “gruesome” beliefs and appearances. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, characters such as Calpurnia, Atticus, and Tom Robinson were densely impacted by racial bigotry.

The theme of prejudice was very prevalent in the 1930s as it represented the golden age of discrimination. Harper Lee’s book, To Kill a Mockingbird, depicts this theme within the quiet, uneventful county of Maycomb, Alabama. However, the injustices that occurred can be attributed to the prejudice of the residents within the county. Perhaps the most frequent forms of prejudice were: classism, racism and gender discrimination.

A fact about the 1930s is “The number of lynchings of blacks in the United States during the Great Depression peaks at twenty-eight” (Black 1). Also showing how mistreated different colored people were back then is another fact shown “Approximately 40 percent of black workers in the nation in the 1930s were farm laborers, sharecroppers, and tenant farmers” (Black 1). All of the colored people had the hard jobs that were difficult to do. In To Kill A Mockingbird discrimination is shown throughout the whole book with different characters. This was in the time frame of 1930s. Discrimination was relevant in this time period. The Blacks were not treated fairly as a normal human being only because of their skin color and other people were not looked

Racism is bad now but imagine it in the 1930’s. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, shows what can happen when racism is involved in the world. A southern town called Maycomb, Alabama is suffering through the Great Depression. A six year old girl, Scout Finch, tells the story about her family and growing up in Maycomb. Her father, Atticus is an attorney trying to prove a black man innocent of raping a white woman, but the trial runs on.

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee shows us how bad racism was in the 1930s which is not to different from racism today. Racism over the years has not really gotten any better and the severity of racism is extremely high. Some of the major events that pointed out racism in the 1930s are not so different from the events that happen today

The Novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”, by Harper Lee, originally published on July 11, 1960, scrutinizes racism when a black man is sent on trial for the alleged rape of a white woman. Throughout this book, which may be considered ambivalent, the author expresses many themes during the Great Depression era – few of which relate to my past. It was June 2, 2014, when my mother was the barer of bad news. Father had died of cancer and subsequently, fear fell upon my family since he was our rock. We then had no choice but to be there for one another which led to my realization of the importance of family. In the novel, the author expresses how the main themes of appearance vs reality, prejudice and ignorance, cruelty of humanity and fear may lead to