According to dosomething.org, African Americans make up 57% of people in state prisons. “Studies show that police are more likely to pull over and frisk blacks and Latinos, and 85% of those people were frisked.” Clearly racism is still apparent in our generation. However, back in 1960 in Alabama racism was brutality noticeable. The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrates racism at its most awful in the south in the 1930’s. Tom Robinson was straightforwardly affected by racism. Tom is an African American being accused of raping a white woman because he is black. One day Tom was just passing by Mayella’s house, and Mayella asks Tom to come in. Eventually, Tom goes inside and helps her with whatever help she needs. Tom felt sorry for
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Helen is Tom Robinson’s wife. In everybody’s eyes, Helen is married to a criminal. Therefore she is unable to get a job. Also because of everything everyone says Tom has done. “Helens finding it hard to get to work these days” (Lee 164). Link Dees was so kind and hired her, he felt bad for her. Bob Ewell Harasses Helen by following her and shouting redundant and offensive comments towards Helen. He did this to get back at Atticus for revealing the drunk, child molester Bob Ewell is. Bob also harasses Helen and intimidates her because of the court case and that she is Tom Robinson’s wife. Scout is another character that is affected by racism. Scout receives a lot of hate and racism in school. This all comes down to her because she is the daughter of Atticus. Atticus is protecting a black man in a court case (Tom) about raping a white woman. How does Scout handle the racism? She fights. Scout is maturing and not fighting things …show more content…
Dolphus has to live his life riding around on a horse with a bottle in a plastic bag that he drinks out of. Looks like he’s always drinking beer. Little would you know, it is a coca-cola bottle with coca-cola in it. Dolphus does this so people would purposely mistake him for a drunk. Why does he do this? Simply because he is in love with a black women. Nobody understands how much he loves her and how he can’t be with her. “I try to give ‘em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason… they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that’s the way I want to live” (Lee 268). Dolphus wants to marry this black women but he
Helen is Tom Robinson’s wife. In everybody’s eyes, Helen is married to a criminal. Therefore she is unable to get a job. Also because of everything everyone says Tom has done. “Helens finding it hard to get to work these days” (Lee 164). Link Dees was so kind and hired her, he felt bad for her. Bob Ewell Harasses Helen by following her and shouting redundant and offensive comments towards Helen. He did this to get back at Atticus for revealing the drunk, child molester Bob Ewell is. Bob also harasses Helen and intimidates her because of the court case and that she is Tom Robinson’s wife. Scout is another character that is affected by racism. Scout receives a lot of hate and racism in school. This all comes down to her because she is the daughter of Atticus. Atticus is protecting a black man in a court case (Tom) about raping a white woman. How does Scout handle the racism? She fights. Scout is maturing and not fighting things …show more content…
Dolphus has to live his life riding around on a horse with a bottle in a plastic bag that he drinks out of. Looks like he’s always drinking beer. Little would you know, it is a coca-cola bottle with coca-cola in it. Dolphus does this so people would purposely mistake him for a drunk. Why does he do this? Simply because he is in love with a black women. Nobody understands how much he loves her and how he can’t be with her. “I try to give ‘em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason… they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that’s the way I want to live” (Lee 268). Dolphus wants to marry this black women but he