Examples Of Racism In To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill A Mockingbird Final (Racism in the 1930’s) Although both the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States, and 14th amendment, which gave citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States” including the previously freed slaves, was passed before the 1900s, racism was still apparent during the 1930s. The novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, takes place in the 1930s and several acts of racism come to realization. Revealing society's expectation of the people and races and the reality of what actually happens between the people and races. How back then, it was clear that with society’s rules it was not fair to races that claim to be, “equal”. Noticing the negative effects on family and friends in the southern town of Maycomb, Alabama. …show more content…
Tom is a 25 year old African American male, married to Helen Robinson with three children and has been accused of rape by a white woman (Mayella Ewell). Atticus, Tom’s lawyer, a white male, was disapproved of by many of the small townspeople because he was defending a black man against a white woman. Most of the townspeople did not think that Atticus should even try to win the case but they knew he was going to for self respect and for fairness of the situation. A group or “mob” that did not believe Tom should have a fair trial went to the jail. The mob was trying to lynch him, “You know what we want”, “Get aside from the door, Mr. Finch” (pg. 202). Tom was found guilty by an all white jury then was shot and killed while trying to escape from the