Dalton Saylor
Ivy Tech 111
Ms. DeShaney
Dec. 12, 2016
To Kill A Mockingbird and Race Relations Essay
Society has been plagued with issues for generations. One issue that has remained particularly prominent throughout centuries has been the relationship among races. Race relations is an incredibly broad term. The interactions and relationships among the amount of ethnicities that exist are overwhelming. This overwhelming amount of interactions, lead to an equal amount of overwhelming results, both positive and negative. An example of a modern day interracial relationship would be the one between Caucasians and African-Americans. This particular relationship has caused trouble and has been a true detriment to society. It has improved with the …show more content…
Others have improved as well; others have not. The world seems to be a more peaceful place now than one hundred years ago. Issues among interracial relationships have declined through society’s progression; not only that of African-American and Caucasian races but the majority of the world as well.
One example of race relations in the early twentieth century is depicted in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. The case presented in the book is that of Tom Robinson. Robinson is a physically handicapped African American man. Tom is pressed with battery and rape charges by Robert (Bob) Ewell, the supposed victim’s father. Tom is represented and defended by the narrator’s father, Atticus Finch. The case was presented incredibly well and had the jury not been prejudiced in the way they were, Tom would have had a good chance of winning his defense. (Lee)d However, most if not all cases around this depicted time were incredibly prejudiced. Interracial cases never ended well for the African-American involved. This was just one of the many segregations that …show more content…
Bollinger case in 2003. A young Caucasian lady named Barbara Grutter applied to Michigan Law School. She had a 161 on her LSAT and had an undergraduate G.P.A. of 3.8. Even with these accomplishments she was denied acceptance to the school. The school admitted to using race as a variable in acceptance. Grutter present the case to the Supreme Court; the ruling was a 5-4 decision that the college was not wrong to use race as a deciding factor in admissions. They decided that if a school wanted or needed to maintain a certain diversity quota, they should not be subjected to admit a person strictly based on their accomplishments. The court concluded that because the process of admission was so highly in-depth and individualized, acceptance would not be strictly determined by a variable such as race. Therefore, colleges can constitutionally include race as a variable of admission and not be penalized for
Ivy Tech 111
Ms. DeShaney
Dec. 12, 2016
To Kill A Mockingbird and Race Relations Essay
Society has been plagued with issues for generations. One issue that has remained particularly prominent throughout centuries has been the relationship among races. Race relations is an incredibly broad term. The interactions and relationships among the amount of ethnicities that exist are overwhelming. This overwhelming amount of interactions, lead to an equal amount of overwhelming results, both positive and negative. An example of a modern day interracial relationship would be the one between Caucasians and African-Americans. This particular relationship has caused trouble and has been a true detriment to society. It has improved with the …show more content…
Others have improved as well; others have not. The world seems to be a more peaceful place now than one hundred years ago. Issues among interracial relationships have declined through society’s progression; not only that of African-American and Caucasian races but the majority of the world as well.
One example of race relations in the early twentieth century is depicted in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. The case presented in the book is that of Tom Robinson. Robinson is a physically handicapped African American man. Tom is pressed with battery and rape charges by Robert (Bob) Ewell, the supposed victim’s father. Tom is represented and defended by the narrator’s father, Atticus Finch. The case was presented incredibly well and had the jury not been prejudiced in the way they were, Tom would have had a good chance of winning his defense. (Lee)d However, most if not all cases around this depicted time were incredibly prejudiced. Interracial cases never ended well for the African-American involved. This was just one of the many segregations that …show more content…
Bollinger case in 2003. A young Caucasian lady named Barbara Grutter applied to Michigan Law School. She had a 161 on her LSAT and had an undergraduate G.P.A. of 3.8. Even with these accomplishments she was denied acceptance to the school. The school admitted to using race as a variable in acceptance. Grutter present the case to the Supreme Court; the ruling was a 5-4 decision that the college was not wrong to use race as a deciding factor in admissions. They decided that if a school wanted or needed to maintain a certain diversity quota, they should not be subjected to admit a person strictly based on their accomplishments. The court concluded that because the process of admission was so highly in-depth and individualized, acceptance would not be strictly determined by a variable such as race. Therefore, colleges can constitutionally include race as a variable of admission and not be penalized for