Social inequality exists in Maycomb in many forms, the both racial and monetary. People of color are constantly worked against and discriminated by the society of Maycomb, such as in the case against Tom Robinson, a black man accused of rape, where the people of Maycomb both openly discriminated against him by assuming him being guilty, and the discrimination of Atticus Finch and his family, due to his defense of the man. People of whom do not socialize often and are apparently different from the majority of Maycomb are also discriminated against, such as "Boo" Radley, whom does not partake in the common day-to-day activities as the rest of the town does, and therefore has negative rumors regarding him and his reasons for not being
