The book To kill a Mockingbird reflects largely the realities that were occurring in the 30's, during the American Segregation. During that period, Americans were segregated by race; Black, Colored or White. In the book, the White people have more authoritative positions than the Black or Colored people. In fact there were professions that were only permitted for white people to work for in the 30's. Only White people could be lawyers, judges and doctors. These professions were exclusively for Whites as they were considered to be important for society, therefore the person that occupies these roles had to be an important member of the community. For example the judge that was on Tom Robinsons case was a white man that was respected by the whole
