Atticus Discrimination

During the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, many events take place that show discrimination. Scout, the main character, is a little girl that doesn’t really understand all of the racism happening around her during her joyful childhood. While growing up, she slowly starts to notice racism due to the fact that a great deal of it is centered around her father, Atticus, because he is a lawyer defending a black man named Tom Robinson who was accused of raping a white girl. Even though most people in Maycomb believe that Tom is guilty, just because of the color of his skin, Atticus believes that Tom deserves a fair trial despite the opinion of some of the other people living in the town. In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, most of …show more content…
“Your father’s no better than the niggers and trash he works for” (Lee 102). This shows how Mrs. Dubose thinks that Atticus should not be defending Tom just because of the color of his skin. She is not the only person that thinks this way. “Atticus,” I said one evening, “what exactly is a nigger-lover?” Atticus’s face was grave. “Has somebody been calling you that?” “No sir, Mrs. Dubose calls you that. She warms up every afternoon calling you that. Francis called me that last Christmas, that’s where I first heard it” (Lee 108). This illustrates how even Atticus’s relatives don’t think he should be defending Tom. Even though people that should be helpful and supportive aren’t supporting Atticus, he still sticks with his …show more content…
Atticus defends Tom Robinson and tries to prove to everyone that black and white people are equal. He believes that people should just look beyond skin color and treat people based on their personalities and the kind of people they are. Atticus doesn’t care if other people don’t think that he should be defending Tom because he knows that he is doing the right thing. I believe that Atticus was right to defend Tom because everyone should have an equal chance at